round tree gourd (dita) for drinking utensil, scoop, food container; incised decoration
Donor:
Carlos Nagel and University Appropriation
Collection place:
San Sebastian, Puerto Rico
Collector:
Carlos Nagel
Collection date:
October 2, 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Gourds (plant components)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Used by everyone in the remote areas; being supplanted by plastic or metal. Made from the fruit of calabash tree, Higuero (Crescentia cujete L). Made by mr. Toridio Perez at cost of $ .25. Incised decorations made by a knife blade pushed across the surface with a rocking motion. Sometime pieces of glass or tin may be used.
Loans:
S1971-1972 #44: Oakland Museum of California (November 4, 1971–November 10, 1971)