Gourd bowl

Museum number:
3-1929
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Accession number:
Acc.524
Description:
Gourd bowl: lacquered red, inside and outside-thickened lacquer rim on outside. Brush painted inside with gold band on rim, below blue and white vine design B and blue jay on blue fruit with green leaves in center of bowl. Outside black lacquered base with star burst design in blue on center, silver and blue bands toward rim. Recuerdo in yellow. Diameter 8 cm. Hole punched for hanging.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) 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 3-1929, described as Gourd bowl: lacquered red, inside and outside-thickened lacquer rim on outside. Brush painted inside with gold band on rim, below blue and white vine design B and blue jay on blue fruit with green leaves in center of bowl. Outside black lacquered base with star burst design in blue on center, silver and blue bands toward rim. Recuerdo in yellow. Diameter 8 cm. Hole punched for hanging.

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