Pot
- Museum number:
- 3-32054a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210332054a@2cb
- Alternate number:
- Foster 24 (attributed PAHMA number, temporary)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4792
- Description:
- green glazed raised pattern pineapple pot
- Donor:
- Estate of George M. Foster and George M. Foster
- Collection place:
- Patambam, Michoacán, Mexico
- Collector:
- George M. Foster
- Materials:
- Ceramic (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Pots (containers)
- Function:
- 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
- Accession date:
- June 19, 2015
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
- Comment:
- From http://www.phgmag.com/home/furnishings/200901/ceramic-pineapples accessed by JS 03/22/16 Ceramic Pineapples, Kim Hill , January, 2009 The celebrated ceramic pineapples of the Mexican state of Michoacán are a “true classic in the world of popular Mexican art forms,” explains Christy Martin, a Tucson interior designer and Phoenix Home & Garden Master of the Southwest. Admired for their artistry and vibrant colors, including a deep emerald-green, the pineapples—international icons of hospitality—require a considerable amount of work to create. The clay is extracted by hand from de-posits near the villages of San José de Gracia and Patamban, the only places in the world where these pineapples are made. Using a hand mill, artisans grind the clay into powder. Some vessels require the clay to be both molded and modeled; designs also may require appliqué work. The first of two firings takes place in an open kiln. Afterward, the pineapple is left inside the kiln to cool completely before the glazing process begins. A second firing must be done with care so that pieces do not touch each other, or they will be ruined, according to Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art (Fomento Cultural Banamex, 1998). These ceramic objets d’art were first created in the 1930s. Hall says Elisa Madrigal Martínez is widely considered to be the first to have made them. She taught her son, Hilario Alejos Madrigal, the secrets of working with the clay, and today he holds the national designation of Great Master of Mexican Folk Art. A ceramist in Patamban, Neftalí Ayungua Suárez, also holds this distinction.
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