Lacquered plate

Museum number:
3-26884
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Accession number:
Acc.2897
Description:
Plate; round of wood; lacquered in the rayado technique; faded orange lacquer background, with figures of persons and animals entwined in plant forms in green, faded purple and yellows stand out in relief; surface irregular (collector says shows marks of the gouging tools); collector also suggests that figures might be influenced by Oriental models
Donor:
Katharine D. Jenkins and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lacquered
Accession date:
January 17, 1973
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lacquered plate, accession number 3-26884, described as Plate; round of wood; lacquered in the rayado technique; faded orange lacquer background, with figures of persons and animals entwined in plant forms in green, faded purple and yellows stand out in relief; surface irregular (collector says shows marks of the gouging tools); collector also suggests that figures might be influenced by Oriental models

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