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Bas-Relief Wall Hanging

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Date
1978
Material
plaster; paint; fibre; paint; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.1043
Description
A piece of cardboard, covered with unbleached woven linen (that has been stapled onto the cardboard) onto which a copy of a ceramic bas-relief (17.5cmx11.5cm wide) from a Mayan temple, has been glued. The bas-relief is of a kneeling woman weaving on a loom tied to a tree trunk. Carved into the cera…
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Title
Bas-Relief Wall Hanging
Date
1978
Material
plaster; paint; fibre; paint; metal
Dimensions
16.0 x 23.0 cm
Description
A piece of cardboard, covered with unbleached woven linen (that has been stapled onto the cardboard) onto which a copy of a ceramic bas-relief (17.5cmx11.5cm wide) from a Mayan temple, has been glued. The bas-relief is of a kneeling woman weaving on a loom tied to a tree trunk. Carved into the ceramic piece “IXCHEL” to the viewer’s right, and underneath in the middle “GODDESS of the the MOON and WEAVING”.
Subject
households
decorative
ceramics
Guatemalan
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
107.02.1043
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Date
n.d.
Material
Ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0904
Description
A wide bowl made of white ceramic and glazed with green, blue, and grey glaze with a craquelure pattern. The glaze is thick and raised on the outside rim. There is a small foot that is engraved with “C. Russ[ell?]”.
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Title
Bowl
Date
n.d.
Material
Ceramic
Dimensions
7.0 x 9.0 x 9.0 cm
Description
A wide bowl made of white ceramic and glazed with green, blue, and grey glaze with a craquelure pattern. The glaze is thick and raised on the outside rim. There is a small foot that is engraved with “C. Russ[ell?]”.
Subject
Whyte home
eating
ceramics
decor
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0904
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Date
n.d.
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0912
Description
A small ceramic bowl made of brown clay that has been glazed with a shiny brown glaze. The bowl has simple birds painted around the exterior in black. Sids of the bowl curve inward so that the mouth of the bowl is smaller than the diameter. “Lorenzen’s” is scratched into the raw clay on the base.
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Title
Bowl
Date
n.d.
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
5.0 x 9.0 x 9.0 cm
Description
A small ceramic bowl made of brown clay that has been glazed with a shiny brown glaze. The bowl has simple birds painted around the exterior in black. Sids of the bowl curve inward so that the mouth of the bowl is smaller than the diameter. “Lorenzen’s” is scratched into the raw clay on the base.
Subject
Whyte home
decor
eating
ceramics
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0912
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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