Nov. 20, 2006 — I didn’t realize it at the time I bought this triptych, but it is painted by the same man who did the photos in the book on Colima pottery dogs: Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo. This was in the same shop in Colima where I got the book and pottery, and the owners of the shop spoke of this artist with great respect.

What I bought was a reproduction, mounted cleanly on three attached pieces of sturdy cardboard. Here’s the whole thing, its colors dimmed somewhat by my turning off my flash to get a picture of the whole thing. You can get an idea of the size by knowing the tiles on my floor are about a foot square.

It came with a page in English and Spanish, explaining the triptych. This bit describes the picture below it:

The tanned Virgin, the Virgin of Tonantzin, is surrounded by the excellent Indian offerings, fruits from these lands [of the Colima region]: guavas, pitahayas, white sapota fruits, tamarinds, tangerines, figs, oranges, coconutes, pineapples, papayas, mammee furit, melons, jicamas, pears, bananas, grapes, pomegranates, sweet limes, watermelon, mangoes, prickly pears, and avacadoes.