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DepartmentHispano

Baker's peel

NameBread peel
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Place collectedTome, New Mexico, United States, North America
MediumPine wood
Dimensions13 3/8 × 9 7/16 × 3/4 in. (34 × 24 × 1.905 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Historical Society of New Mexico, A5.1952.85
Object numberA5.1952.85
ProvenanceReceived by exchange from Eleanor's Bedell's shop, for undesirable Sanchez retablo in poor condition; sold to Bedell by Tony Garcia who got it either at Tome or near there in spring of 1952.
DescriptionMade of pine in one piece, shaped to very thin edge on working rim.
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