Tile

Museum number:
2-58460
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020058460
Accession number:
Acc.3145
Description:
Ceramic; hexagonal shape; polychrome; design in brown and red on orange-cream slip, geometric elements include triangles, rectangles; back of tile painted brown. Label on back of tile, "From the Hopi Villages, Ceremonial Plaque". Hand modelled.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pottery, Tiles (object genre), and Unclassified polychrome pottery
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Novelty, made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 10 centimeters and length 14.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tile, accession number 2-58460, described as Ceramic; hexagonal shape; polychrome; design in brown and red on orange-cream slip, geometric elements include triangles, rectangles; back of tile painted brown. Label on back of tile, "From the Hopi Villages, Ceremonial Plaque". Hand modelled.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tile, accession number 2-58460, described as Ceramic; hexagonal shape; polychrome; design in brown and red on orange-cream slip, geometric elements include triangles, rectangles; back of tile painted brown. Label on back of tile, "From the Hopi Villages, Ceremonial Plaque". Hand modelled.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tile, accession number 2-58460, described as Ceramic; hexagonal shape; polychrome; design in brown and red on orange-cream slip, geometric elements include triangles, rectangles; back of tile painted brown. Label on back of tile, "From the Hopi Villages, Ceremonial Plaque". Hand modelled.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 2-58460, described as Ceramic; hexagonal shape; polychrome; design in brown and red on orange-cream slip, geometric elements include triangles, rectangles; back of tile painted brown. Label on back of tile, "From the Hopi Villages, Ceremonial Plaque". Hand modelled.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 2-58460, described as Ceramic; hexagonal shape; polychrome; design in brown and red on orange-cream slip, geometric elements include triangles, rectangles; back of tile painted brown. Label on back of tile, "From the Hopi Villages, Ceremonial Plaque". Hand modelled.

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