Cart model set, wood, handcarved; (a) body with detachable side rails, wheels (2), and singletree; L. 41.4 cm X W (at axle) 22.8 cm; (b) ox with legs and tails nailed on, painted hooves nose and eyes; L 21.7 cm X W (at horns) 8.0 cm; (c) same as (b) except for painted horns; L 20.0 cm X W (at horns) 13.7 cm d) yoke; W 22.3 cm X H 4.0 cm; (e) driver, wearing red shirt, green pants; seated; movable arms and legs secured by nails L ca 21.0 cm X W 9.0 cm.
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Oaxaca, San Bartolo Coyotopec (Zapotec speaking village, 10 mi. south of Oaxaca City) [hand written on card: "more likely Arrazola or Tilcajete"]
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Materials:
Pigment and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
H-15-7
Loans:
S1964-1965 #10: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (September 4, 1964–October 30, 1964), S1970-1971 #58: Hillside School/Millicent Kamisan (November 30, 1970–December 17, 1970), S1976-1977 #50: Palo Alto Cultural Center (February 25, 1977–April 27, 1977), S1980-1981 #67: Santa Clara University (April 29, 1981–June 30, 1981), and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)