Gourd dish (paired to 3-1923-same design). Brush painted orange inside. Fine red curving and straight design bands with green leaves in center of bands. Red and yellow flower with green leaves and tendrils in center of band. Outside unpainted-natural gourd color. Stem end of pericap. Diameter 26 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dishes (vessels for food)
Accession date:
1917
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Object was reported missing after inventory completed on January 24, 1984. Found in 2008.