DepartmentLatin America

Olla

NameJar

Maker Juan Galán López

CultureOaxacan Mexican

Date1960-1995

Place madeCoyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic

Dimensions10 5/8 × 13 × 13 in. (27 × 33 × 33 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Hilda H. Bourne and Douglas J. Bourne, A.2015.24.1

Terms

value (economic concept)

Object numberA.2015.24.1

Collections

Latin America

ProvenanceAcquisition Proposal Form: The objects were collected by the donors between 1960 and 1995. Some were purchased directly from artists in Mexico and others were purchased drom dealers in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The donors are elderly and the daughter who arranged the donation does not know which pieces were acquired from artists or dealers,12/10/2014.

DescriptionLarge, blackware, round, pot-shaped ceramic piece. Cut out design. Alternating rows of different shaped cut outs (elongated ovals, circles and triangles).