Fish Platter

Fish Platter

Fish Platter

Name/Title

Fish Platter

Description

Large, outstanding handmade platter hand-painted with numerous circular fish images. The fish all have brown faces, green and orange backs, blue tail fins, and reddish brown bellies. The background is clay colored, and dotted with thousands of tiny white dots. The outer rim is painted light blue with a narrower white band on either side.

Made/Created

Artist

Adriana Montanez Hernandez

Date made

2016

Place

City

Capula

State/Province

Michoacan

Country

Mexico

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central Mexico

Country

Mexico

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Purépecha
Native American

Inscription/Signature/Marks

On the reverse, in Spanish is written, "ARTWORK FREE OF LEAD ADRIANA MONTANEZ HERNANDEZ. CAPULA MICH."

Dimensions

Height

1-3/8 in

Diameter

16-1/4 in

Material

Ceramic - Fired Clay