Miniature table

Museum number:
3-26930
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2978
Description:
table (model); round top, 3 legs; wood; tortillas are patted out on these tables. At full size they are 2-3’ high. The woman sits on the stool (3-26931) and pats out the tortilla. There is a small square of plastic placed between tortilla and table to keep tortilla from sticking to table. Table can also be used for eating. Used mainly by peasants in palm-thatched houses.
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection place:
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature table, accession number 3-26930, described as table (model); round top, 3 legs; wood; tortillas are patted out on these tables. At full size they are 2-3’ high. The woman sits on the stool (3-26931) and pats out the tortilla. There is a small square of plastic placed between tortilla and table to keep tortilla from sticking to table. Table can also be used for eating. Used mainly by peasants in palm-thatched houses.

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