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Description:

Photograph in rectangular format and vertical layout. In a medium shot, there’s a middle-aged potter from Florida, Concepción, with her right hand over her waist, looking at the camera. She’s wearing a stained white skirt, a black shirt with rolled sleeves, and a bun. At the back, there’s a landscape with vegetation and wooden fences holding a cape.

Context:

During the 60s, the interest in Arte Popular and the Bio Bio region pottery works were especially important. Intellectuals such as Tomás Lago and Hernán San Martín, among others, made writings about the ceramic production of artisan peasants in Florida, Concepción. These writings were improved by travels and interviews recorded in books and newspapers from the time, pointing out the variety of shapes they reached with clay, like pans, large dishes, jars, and the development of ornithomorphic, zoomorphic, and anthropomorphic figures. Currently, the museum collection has objects from the area and the period.

Subjects:
Artisan, Chile, Florida, Folk Art, Outreach, Pottery, Research and Teaching