Bowl

Museum number:
3-28756a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210328756a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Bowls. Shallow with three feet, pottery, unglazed. (a) is decorated on inner part of bowl with brown line drawings of birds and flowers on cream ground. (b) is decorated with animal figures in cream color on red-brown background. A-B--ht.-5.0 cm., dm.-13.5 cm.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Ameyaltepec, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
1958
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Clay, and Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
a-only; H-10-12; for comparison with bark painting
Loans:
S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 3-28756a,b, described as Bowls. Shallow with three feet, pottery, unglazed. (a) is decorated on inner part of bowl with brown line drawings of birds and flowers on cream ground. (b) is decorated with animal figures in cream color on red-brown background. A-B--ht.-5.0 cm., dm.-13.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 3-28756a,b, described as Bowls. Shallow with three feet, pottery, unglazed. (a) is decorated on inner part of bowl with brown line drawings of birds and flowers on cream ground. (b) is decorated with animal figures in cream color on red-brown background. A-B--ht.-5.0 cm., dm.-13.5 cm.

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