Container with lid
- Museum number:
- 3-26889a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210326889a@2cb
- Accession number:
- Acc.2897
- Description:
- Gourd container with lid (b); made by cutting stem end of gourd in scallops to form fitted cover; lacquered in the rayado technique; red floral and geometric designs in low relief against black background; interior-plain blue lacquer; wooden button replaces stem as a handle
- Donor:
- Katharine D. Jenkins and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
- Collector:
- Katharine D. Jenkins
- Collection date:
- 1966
- Taxon:
- Lagenaria (vine gourds)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Containers (receptacles) and Gourds (plant components)
- Function:
- 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
- Accession date:
- January 17, 1973
- Context of use:
- Used for household decoration
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
- Dimensions:
- container and lid— height 12 centimeters and container and lid— diameter 13 centimeters
- Legacy documentation: