Unpainted tile

Museum number:

3-25496a

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Accession number:

Acc.2548

Description:

Three bricks, small; white; with raised patterns on one side. Average size: 6.5 cm length; 4.75 cm width; 1 cm thick. Native name: Panita de Senor. Materials, techniques: Made from white earth of Esquipula. Context of use: Panita de Senor (small bread). Made by men. Used by both men and women. Purpose: religious value. Placed in house by window.

Donor:

Julius Stephen Kassovic and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Chiquimula (City), Chiquimula, Guatemala

Collector:

Julius Stephen Kassovic

Materials:

Ceramic (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Accession date:

1969

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area