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.
Donor:
Julius Stephen Kassovic and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Department of La Libertad, Northern Peru
Collector:
Julius Stephen Kassovic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jugs (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1979-1980 #65: International House (UC Berkeley) (May 16, 1980–May 19, 1980)