Wake ("Velorio") tableau, ceramic, earthenware, handpainted, polychrome; a,b,c together make a coffin, black with funeral decorations on exterior, no lid. Pillow (piece broken off), white, small, tubular. L 8.9 cm x W 3.9 cm
Donor:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection place:
Ocotlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
Maker or artist:
Timoteo Aguilar
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earthenware
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1964-1965 #10: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (September 4, 1964–October 30, 1964)