Gourd bowl
- Museum number:
- 3-15737
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21030015737
- Accession number:
- Acc.1241
- Description:
- Gourd bowl, lacquered; red on inside, black on outside with handpainted polychrome floral and bird design; cf 3-15736; H ca 13 cm X rim dia 28.7 cm
- Donor:
- George M. Foster
- Collection place:
- Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Mexico; Chiapas; Chiapa de Corso
- Collector:
- George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
- Collection date:
- Summer 1958
- Materials:
- Paint (coating) and Paint (coating) (gourd, lacquer, paint)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Bowls (vessels) and Gourds (plant components)
- Function:
- 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
- Accession date:
- 1958
- Context of use:
- Folk art; same as 3-15736 except purchase price 65.00 pesos.
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
- Dimensions:
- diameter 28.7 centimeters and height 13 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1968-1969 #102: Mission High School (April 16, 1969–April 29, 1969) and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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