Gourd container

Museum number:
16-18373a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm211618373a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2006
Description:
Gourd container; cylindrical gourd with (cracked) cap fitting over open end. A) gourd; length: 27.5 cm; diameter: 9 cm; B) cap; length: 10.5 cm; diameter: 10 cm.
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
South America
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski
Collection date:
1914-1920
Taxon:
Crescentia cujete
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
Container
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd container, accession number 16-18373a,b, described as Gourd container; cylindrical gourd with (cracked) cap fitting over open end. A) gourd; length: 27.5 cm; diameter: 9 cm; B) cap; length: 10.5 cm; diameter: 10 cm.

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