Gourd bowl

Museum number:
3-1927
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Accession number:
Acc.524
Description:
Bowl gourd; lacquered black outside and brush painted, design bands blue and pink with white, plain silver, floral and birds on black; yellow bird painted on bottom. Lacquered thickened coat of orange outside rim and inside bowl. Brush painted inside grey bird in center; bands of plain silver, blue carved design. Floral and bird on orange, silver, rim, hole punched for hanging. Diameter 17.5 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels), Carvings (visual works), and Gourds (plant components)
Accession date:
1917
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl, accession number 3-1927, described as Bowl gourd; lacquered black outside and brush painted, design bands blue and pink with white, plain silver, floral and birds on black; yellow bird painted on bottom. Lacquered thickened coat of orange outside rim and inside bowl. Brush painted inside grey bird in center; bands of plain silver, blue carved design. Floral and bird on orange, silver, rim, hole punched for hanging. Diameter 17.5 cm.

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