Calabash bowl

Museum number:
3-26872
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2897
Description:
Bowl; oval shaped; made from half the pericarp of the tree calabash (Crescentia); red lacquer inside with swan pained white and blue in center, blue water under him, green floral designs around him, yellow and blue bands around rim; black lacquer outside, with blue and white flower in center, green leaves, and blue and yellow bands painted around rim
Donor:
Katharine D. Jenkins and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Gourds (plant components)
Accession date:
January 17, 1973
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Calabash bowl, accession number 3-26872, described as Bowl; oval shaped; made from half the pericarp of the tree calabash (Crescentia); red lacquer inside with swan pained white and blue in center, blue water under him, green floral designs around him, yellow and blue bands around rim; black lacquer outside, with blue and white flower in center, green leaves, and blue and yellow bands painted around rimDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Calabash bowl, accession number 3-26872, described as Bowl; oval shaped; made from half the pericarp of the tree calabash (Crescentia); red lacquer inside with swan pained white and blue in center, blue water under him, green floral designs around him, yellow and blue bands around rim; black lacquer outside, with blue and white flower in center, green leaves, and blue and yellow bands painted around rim

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