Clay Objects from Amatenango del Valle in the House Museum Na Bolom, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas

Abstract

This text presents an interdisciplinary study of the traditional clay objects made in Amatenango del Valle, hosted in the Na Bolom house museum in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. In the article, its forms and decorations are particularly analyzed in the historical aspect, showing their evolution, pointing out the changes and explaining the causes, witnessing that, over the course of the last 60 years, and due to the demand of tourism, these objects were transformed and their decorations as well.