Pitcher

Museum number:
3-28726
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Pitcher. Copper, hammered, with engraved floral design on throat. Handle made of solid bar of copper flattened at end where riveted to top, curved to make handle which is unattached at body of pitcher. Height: 16 cm.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, Mexico
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pitchers (vessels)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pitcher, accession number 3-28726, described as Pitcher. Copper, hammered, with engraved floral design on throat. Handle made of solid bar of copper flattened at end where riveted to top, curved to make handle which is unattached at body of pitcher. Height: 16 cm.

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