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Writing box (papelera) Item Info

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Title:
Writing box (papelera)
Artist:
Unidentified artists
Culture:
Mexico, Campeche
Date:
1650-1700
Material:
wood; bone; tortoiseshell; ebony; iron
Size:
12 3/16 × 20 1/16 × 12 13/16 in. (31 × 51 × 32.5 cm)
Description:
Wooden box with geometric tortoiseshell, bone, and ebony inlay and iron fittings.
Subjects:
box tortoiseshell bone ebony inlay Mudéjar Campeche
Credit Line:
Purchase, Emily Crane Chadbourne Bequest, 2016
Location:
The Met
Accession Number
2016.128
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Writing box (papelera)", Unboxing Early Modern Latin America, Kenyon College
Reference Link:
https://daniekc.github.io/Unboxing-EMLA/items/ezor_016.html
Rights
Rights:
The original repository has made this image open access under Creative Commons Zero.
Standardized Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/