Diorama

Museum number:
3-4714
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.768
Description:
Diorama, three-dimensional, mounted in half coconut shell; painted landscape background; ceramic figures of woman, seated man, and man on horseback on green foreground, covering lower third of diorama; Diameter 9.7 cm. X H (approx) 4.0 cm.
Donor:
Lillian Barstow
Collection place:
Jalisco, Mexico
Collector:
Wallace Barstow
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Coconut shell
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1940
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Diorama, accession number 3-4714, described as Diorama, three-dimensional, mounted in half coconut shell; painted landscape background; ceramic figures of woman, seated man, and man on horseback on green foreground, covering lower third of diorama; Diameter 9.7 cm. X H (approx) 4.0 cm.

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