Olin Dows "Washing Women" Taxco, Mexico, 1933 Wood Engraving mid-century bowl The box is stamped Phang

The box is stamped Phang Kim Tjoeng and Banka Blinjoe on the bottom

tweezers and the like

One of the loops (third from right) for hanging is mostly missing

enabling the carriage of much greater weight

Olin Dows "Washing Women" Taxco, Mexico, 1933 Wood Engraving mid-century bowl The box is stamped PhangThis striking wood engraving by Olin Dows (1904 1981) titled Women Washing (Taxco) is one of a series of prints the artist created while traveling through Mexico and Central America in the 1930s. As with many of his works in this series, the figures are anonymous, their faces veiled (I assume these women are nuns), suggesting multitudes of such women, engaged in similarly laborious tasks, and also imparting a sense of reverence toward them. Through