Gourd bowl

Museum number:
3-26974
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3031
Description:
Bowl, painted gourd half on lacquer ground; swan-like birds in water, red ground; rim diam. 17.2 cm. One half of tree calabash ("Crescentia") lacquered and painted.
Donor:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection date:
1939
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Paint (coating) (gourd, lacquer, paint)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Gourds (plant components)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Household decoration, dipper, hat, measure, etc.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 17.2 centimeters
Comment:
H-12-1
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Gourd bowl, accession number 3-26974, described as Bowl, painted gourd half on lacquer ground; swan-like birds in water, red ground; rim diam. 17.2 cm. One half of tree calabash ("Crescentia") lacquered and painted.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Gourd bowl, accession number 3-26974, described as Bowl, painted gourd half on lacquer ground; swan-like birds in water, red ground; rim diam. 17.2 cm. One half of tree calabash ("Crescentia") lacquered and painted.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Gourd bowl, accession number 3-26974, described as Bowl, painted gourd half on lacquer ground; swan-like birds in water, red ground; rim diam. 17.2 cm. One half of tree calabash ("Crescentia") lacquered and painted.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Gourd bowl, accession number 3-26974, described as Bowl, painted gourd half on lacquer ground; swan-like birds in water, red ground; rim diam. 17.2 cm. One half of tree calabash ("Crescentia") lacquered and painted.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl, accession number 3-26974, described as Bowl, painted gourd half on lacquer ground; swan-like birds in water, red ground; rim diam. 17.2 cm. One half of tree calabash ("Crescentia") lacquered and painted.

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