Platter

Museum number:
3-15779
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1251
Description:
Oval pottery earthenware tray/platter, "cazuela" (cooking pot), green lead glaze, oval, looped handles at each end; fluted rim, incised floral and bird decoration on bottom; "Recuerdo de mi Oaxaca" incised near one end. Length 44.4cm x width 25.5cm.
Donor:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection place:
Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Oaxaca; Atzompa
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Materials:
Clay and Lead glaze
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earthenware
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
H-14-6
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Platter, accession number 3-15779, described as Oval pottery earthenware tray/platter, "cazuela" (cooking pot), green lead glaze, oval, looped handles at each end; fluted rim, incised floral and bird decoration on bottom; "Recuerdo de mi Oaxaca" incised near one end. Length 44.4cm x width 25.5cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Platter, accession number 3-15779, described as Oval pottery earthenware tray/platter, "cazuela" (cooking pot), green lead glaze, oval, looped handles at each end; fluted rim, incised floral and bird decoration on bottom; "Recuerdo de mi Oaxaca" incised near one end. Length 44.4cm x width 25.5cm.

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