Shadow box

Museum number:
3-31059
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
JP-390 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
SHADOW BOX: Small, wooden, open fronted box containing a diorama of Eve (flesh colored with black hair, Adam (flesh colored with brown hair) and a coiled snake (red with yellow markings). Behind the snake, on the back wall of the box is a raised-relief green tree with red apples painted on it on a blue ground. Side interior walls are also blue, and bottom surface is green. The exterior of the box is painted red, with white decorative lines in pairs on the sides and top, and “La Preinera Modida” in black on a white ground inscribed on the lower edge. A blue/silver sticker on the top reads “Hecho en Mexico”, and features a stylized eagle. A price tag on the base reads, “1” followed by a round pink dot, and “$12.00”.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
John Paul
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 24, 2011
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shadow box, accession number 3-31059, described as SHADOW BOX: Small, wooden, open fronted box containing a diorama of Eve (flesh colored with black hair, Adam (flesh colored with brown hair) and a coiled snake (red with yellow markings). Behind the snake, on the back wall of the box is a raised-relief green tree with red apples painted on it on a blue ground. Side interior walls are also blue, and bottom surface is green. The exterior of the box is painted red, with white decorative lines in pairs on the sides and top, and “La Preinera Modida” in black on a white ground inscribed on the lower edge. A blue/silver sticker on the top reads “Hecho en Mexico”, and features a stylized eagle. A price tag on the base reads, “1” followed by a round pink dot, and “$12.00”.

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