Pitcher, duck shaped

Museum number:
3-1808
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
Pitcher, ceramic, bisque fired, in shape of duck, fill hole on top, pour hole in beak; handpainted floral and geometric design in red, green, black and silver; burnished; foot broken and repaired; L 26 cm X W 11 cm. "Old Tonala" (fide Isabel Kelly, 1955)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tonala, Jalisco state, Mexico
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pitchers (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 1909
Context of use:
water pitcher, probably made for tourist trade
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 26 centimeters and width 11 centimeters
Comment:
H-6-6
Loans:
S1964-1965 #21: Anthropology Department, Vallejo Junior College/Everett F. McCartney (October 22, 1964–November 17, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Pitcher, duck shaped, accession number 3-1808, described as Pitcher, ceramic, bisque fired, in shape of duck, fill hole on top, pour hole in beak; handpainted floral and geometric design in red, green, black and silver; burnished; foot broken and repaired; L 26 cm X W 11 cm. "Old Tonala" (fide Isabel Kelly, 1955)Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Pitcher, duck shaped, accession number 3-1808, described as Pitcher, ceramic, bisque fired, in shape of duck, fill hole on top, pour hole in beak; handpainted floral and geometric design in red, green, black and silver; burnished; foot broken and repaired; L 26 cm X W 11 cm. "Old Tonala" (fide Isabel Kelly, 1955)Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Pitcher, duck shaped, accession number 3-1808, described as Pitcher, ceramic, bisque fired, in shape of duck, fill hole on top, pour hole in beak; handpainted floral and geometric design in red, green, black and silver; burnished; foot broken and repaired; L 26 cm X W 11 cm. "Old Tonala" (fide Isabel Kelly, 1955)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pitcher, duck shaped, accession number 3-1808, described as Pitcher, ceramic, bisque fired, in shape of duck, fill hole on top, pour hole in beak; handpainted floral and geometric design in red, green, black and silver; burnished; foot broken and repaired; L 26 cm X W 11 cm. "Old Tonala" (fide Isabel Kelly, 1955)

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