Gourd

Museum number:
3-1915
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.524
Description:
Gourd, pear shaped with stem. Lacquered green and brush painted green stem. Brush painted design: red petal shaped design from stem, mid point red and silver bands; blue design band; white floral pattern; followed downward by red, silver and blue bands. Red, blue, and yellow flower on bottom. Maximum diameter 10.5 cm. Height without stem 12 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1917
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1981-1982 #19: SFO Museum (October 21, 1981–January 15, 1982)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd, accession number 3-1915, described as Gourd, pear shaped with stem. Lacquered green and brush painted green stem. Brush painted design: red petal shaped design from stem, mid point red and silver bands; blue design band; white floral pattern; followed downward by red, silver and blue bands. Red, blue, and yellow flower on bottom. Maximum diameter 10.5 cm. Height without stem 12 cm.

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