Object name: Jug / Media available: legacy documentation / Collection place: South America - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Jug, accession number 3-25487a,b, described as Jug; water canteen; with rope for carrying; stoppered with corn cob plug. Height 33 cm without stopper. Circumference 73 cm. Native name and meaning; jug: tecomate. Plug: elote. Rope carrier: lasso. Materials, techniques; Jug; squash gourd from behuco plant. Inside not good to eat. Plug: dried corn cob. Rope carrier: maguey fiber. Plant named pita. Context of use: used only by men. Used to keep water cool and fresh all day. Carried to fields and while walking along roads to provide drinking water.

Hearst Museum object titled Jug, accession number 4-5645, no description available.