Platters

Museum number:
3-28535
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4176
Description:
Platters, nested set; a, c, d all show variations of "Sleeping Mexican" theme, (b) shows standing Mexican; all platters high walled; decorative designs on walls, organ and other cacti and vegetation in scenes; all impressed on underside "MADE IN MEXICO"; (a) width 32.2 cm, (b) width 28 cm, (c) width 24 cm, (d) width 19.8 cm. Old repairs.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Unspecified
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
1985
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earthenware and Platters (carrying dishes)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
November 1986
Context of use:
Souvenir (attrib. by Dr. Ira Jacknis, March 2004)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Platters, accession number 3-28535, described as Platters, nested set; a, c, d all show variations of "Sleeping Mexican" theme, (b) shows standing Mexican; all platters high walled; decorative designs on walls, organ and other cacti and vegetation in scenes; all impressed on underside "MADE IN MEXICO"; (a) width 32.2 cm, (b) width 28 cm, (c) width 24 cm, (d) width 19.8 cm. Old repairs.

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