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Museum number:
3-31309a-e
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210331309a@2de
Alternate number:
JP-653 A-E
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Object count:
5
Description:
CERAMIC TORTILLA MAKER FIGURE GROUP: 3 women, a metate and a bowl make up this group. A) woman w/ blue skirt, white blouse and holding tortilla and tortilla dough; B) Woman w/ red skirt, white blouse and holding a bowl & spoon in her lap; C) woman w/ yellow dress w/ black dots, wearing a red head-cloth, and holding a water jug in her 2 hands; D) 3-legged metate with a mono and mound of corn resting on top surface; E) bowl, natural clay decorated with white rim and decoration in the bowl of the bowl. Pieces signed Josafina Aguilar.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Maker or artist:
Josafina Aguilar
Collector:
John Paul
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cataloging information needed
Accession date:
February 24, 2011
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Figure, accession number 3-31309a-e, described as CERAMIC TORTILLA MAKER FIGURE GROUP: 3 women, a metate and a bowl make up this group. A) woman w/ blue skirt, white blouse and holding tortilla and tortilla dough; B) Woman w/ red skirt, white blouse and holding a bowl & spoon in her lap; C) woman w/ yellow dress w/ black dots, wearing a red head-cloth, and holding a water jug in her 2 hands; D) 3-legged metate with a mono and mound of corn resting on top surface; E) bowl, natural clay decorated with white rim and decoration in the bowl of the bowl. Pieces signed Josafina Aguilar.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Figure, accession number 3-31309a-e, described as CERAMIC TORTILLA MAKER FIGURE GROUP: 3 women, a metate and a bowl make up this group. A) woman w/ blue skirt, white blouse and holding tortilla and tortilla dough; B) Woman w/ red skirt, white blouse and holding a bowl & spoon in her lap; C) woman w/ yellow dress w/ black dots, wearing a red head-cloth, and holding a water jug in her 2 hands; D) 3-legged metate with a mono and mound of corn resting on top surface; E) bowl, natural clay decorated with white rim and decoration in the bowl of the bowl. Pieces signed Josafina Aguilar.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Figure, accession number 3-31309a-e, described as CERAMIC TORTILLA MAKER FIGURE GROUP: 3 women, a metate and a bowl make up this group. A) woman w/ blue skirt, white blouse and holding tortilla and tortilla dough; B) Woman w/ red skirt, white blouse and holding a bowl & spoon in her lap; C) woman w/ yellow dress w/ black dots, wearing a red head-cloth, and holding a water jug in her 2 hands; D) 3-legged metate with a mono and mound of corn resting on top surface; E) bowl, natural clay decorated with white rim and decoration in the bowl of the bowl. Pieces signed Josafina Aguilar.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Figure, accession number 3-31309a-e, described as CERAMIC TORTILLA MAKER FIGURE GROUP: 3 women, a metate and a bowl make up this group. A) woman w/ blue skirt, white blouse and holding tortilla and tortilla dough; B) Woman w/ red skirt, white blouse and holding a bowl & spoon in her lap; C) woman w/ yellow dress w/ black dots, wearing a red head-cloth, and holding a water jug in her 2 hands; D) 3-legged metate with a mono and mound of corn resting on top surface; E) bowl, natural clay decorated with white rim and decoration in the bowl of the bowl. Pieces signed Josafina Aguilar.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Figure, accession number 3-31309a-e, described as CERAMIC TORTILLA MAKER FIGURE GROUP: 3 women, a metate and a bowl make up this group. A) woman w/ blue skirt, white blouse and holding tortilla and tortilla dough; B) Woman w/ red skirt, white blouse and holding a bowl & spoon in her lap; C) woman w/ yellow dress w/ black dots, wearing a red head-cloth, and holding a water jug in her 2 hands; D) 3-legged metate with a mono and mound of corn resting on top surface; E) bowl, natural clay decorated with white rim and decoration in the bowl of the bowl. Pieces signed Josafina Aguilar.

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