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Description:

Photograph in rectangular format and vertical layout. In a long shot, there’s a family from Florida, Concepción. In detail, there’s a smiling woman with two girls laughing and a barefoot boy posing to the camera. A pot is partially seen on the left side, and on the right side, there’s a wooden house. At the back, there’s vegetation.

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