Pottery duck, tan ground, floral decoration, mainly blue and red, 9" x 14". Burnished ("brunido") ware. Modern. Cost 22 pesos. Current rate of exchange, 12.50 pesos to $1.00. Purchased from Museo Regional de la Ceramica, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico.
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Tonala, Jalisco state, Mexico
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ducks, Figurines, and Pottery
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 22.86 centimeters and length 35.56 centimeters
Comment:
H-6-4
Loans:
S1968-1969 #28: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Ruth Boyer (October 18, 1968–December 4, 1968), S1971-1972 #20: Club Juventad (September 30, 1971–October 13, 1971), S1980-1981 #67: Santa Clara University (April 29, 1981–June 30, 1981), S1981-1982 #19: SFO Museum (October 21, 1981–January 15, 1982), S1986-1987 #30: SFO Museum (April 21, 1987–June 11, 1987), and S1990-1991 #5: Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art (August 14, 1990–March 5, 1991)