Drinking gourd

Museum number:

3-25488a

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Accession number:

Acc.2548

Description:

Jug; small drinking gourd. Stoppered with maize husk plug. Height 12.5 cm without plug; circumference 28 cm. Native name and meaning; jug; tecomate. Materials, techniques; jug: young squash from behuco plant. Context of use: Used by men for drinking water.

Donor:

Julius Stephen Kassovic and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Guatemala City central market, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Collector:

Julius Stephen Kassovic

Object type:

ethnography

Accession date:

1969

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area