Box

Museum number:
3-29209
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029209
Accession number:
Acc.3818
Description:
Trinket box, wood with lacquered decoration; scenes from Maximilian's reign include man and woman in horse-drawn carriage (cover), hoop-skirted European woman, Mexican natives painted in polychrome on beige ground; "Y128687"engraved on underside. ; hinged cover; rectangular; 9.1 cm wide, 7 cm deep. "Virginia Socolofsky Corona Mexica" painted inside cover. Lacquer on wood more likely paint.
Donor:
Virginia Socolofsky
Collection place:
Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico
Collector:
Virginia Socolofsky
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 3-29209, described as Trinket box, wood with lacquered decoration; scenes from Maximilian's reign include man and woman in horse-drawn carriage (cover), hoop-skirted European woman, Mexican natives painted in polychrome on beige ground; "Y128687"engraved on underside. ; hinged cover; rectangular; 9.1 cm wide, 7 cm deep. "Virginia Socolofsky Corona Mexica" painted inside cover. Lacquer on wood more likely paint.

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