Pad

Museum number:
3-28368
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Accession number:
Acc.3484
Description:
Hot pad; coiled grass bundle w/ palm leaf wrapping; 4-lobed center in straw color w/ alternating spike-like and rectangular projections outlined in faded black; balance dyed red; diam. 20.6 cm. Provenience (incl. craftsman): Mexico unsp. Materials/techniques: Coiled; palm leaf on grass bundle foundation; dyes.
Donor:
Lesley Byrd Simpson
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Lesley Byrd Simpson and Marian Lorraine Hahn Simpson
Collection date:
1949-1979
Object type:
ethnography
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pad, accession number 3-28368, described as Hot pad; coiled grass bundle w/ palm leaf wrapping; 4-lobed center in straw color w/ alternating spike-like and rectangular projections outlined in faded black; balance dyed red; diam. 20.6 cm. Provenience (incl. craftsman): Mexico unsp. Materials/techniques: Coiled; palm leaf on grass bundle foundation; dyes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pad, accession number 3-28368, described as Hot pad; coiled grass bundle w/ palm leaf wrapping; 4-lobed center in straw color w/ alternating spike-like and rectangular projections outlined in faded black; balance dyed red; diam. 20.6 cm. Provenience (incl. craftsman): Mexico unsp. Materials/techniques: Coiled; palm leaf on grass bundle foundation; dyes.

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