Gourd bowl

Museum number:

3-306

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Alternate number:

306 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Description:

Jicalpeste or dried pumpkin without a top, decorated with lacquer. (Gourd bowl, lacquered. Red inside. Hand painted bird and floral polychrome design on brown. Stem cut out to make lid. Height approximately 15.0 cm x 21.6 cm.)

Donor:

Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico

Culture or time period:

Maya

Collector:

Gustavus A. Eisen

Collection date:

1902

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Bowls (vessels) and Gourds (plant components)

Function:

4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings

Accession date:

October 20, 1902

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Dimensions:

width 21.6 centimeters and height 15 centimeters

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