Olin Dows "Washing Women" Taxco, Mexico, 1933 Wood Engraving Danish modern teak figures I know that this set

I know that this set dates between 1914-1918

and there is one crack in the exterior red cap of one of the thermoses

as were these

with the oak re-stained a nice mahogany

made in Japan

Olin Dows "Washing Women" Taxco, Mexico, 1933 Wood Engraving Danish modern teak figures I know that this setThis 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