Mosaic. Very thin strips of brightly colored straw glues to black mat board to form a picture of a woman in a boat on a lake with houses and mountains in background.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Mexico City, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Mexico D.F.
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
September 1967
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Straw paintings
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 35.3 centimeters and height 28.8 centimeters