Gourd with carvings

Museum number:
3-3267
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030003267
Accession number:
Acc.656
Description:
Drinking gourd, brown, round, with hole in top, cracked and repaired; engraved geometric design around hole, floral design on body, and “ VIVA MEXICO TEQUILA;” diameter 10.2 cm
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Navojoa Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mayo, Navajoa District, Sonora, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mayo
Collector:
Ralph L. Beals
Collection date:
1931
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1931
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd with carvings, accession number 3-3267, described as Drinking gourd, brown, round, with hole in top, cracked and repaired; engraved geometric design around hole, floral design on body, and “ VIVA MEXICO TEQUILA;” diameter 10.2 cm

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