Tea cup
Tea cup; red clay; coiled; oxidized, slipped; burnished slip painted; shape is
globular body with verticle neck. Colors are earth red, dark red, and beige. Design is four evenly spaced cream colored flowers. The flowers have 4 pedals and a curled stem. On bottom is a small triangular piece chipped off. Rim finish is rounded.
The signature on bottom is not the maker's.
- Object: Tea cup
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: 1950's
- Dimensions: 3 1\16 height 3 1/2 body + 2 1/4 top diameter
- Culture Area: Mexico
- Cultural Group: Tarahumara
- Cultural Context: -
- Donor: Ben Benson
- Catalog #: 97.344