Gourd with black painted designs

Museum number:
3-15387
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030015387
Alternate number:
10 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1061
Description:
Older gourd of type used by confrades in presentation of atole to Alcalde. Faded yellow background with red and black design colors faded.
Donor:
Nona Christensen Willoughby
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala: Chichicastenango; from store salesman
Collector:
Nona Christensen Willoughby
Collection date:
Summer 1949
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1951
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd with black painted designs, accession number 3-15387, described as Older gourd of type used by confrades in presentation of atole to Alcalde. Faded yellow background with red and black design colors faded.

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