Gourd, elliptoid shape, hollow with one end removed to form a container;hole on side; outside decorated with abstract figures; decoration made by wax resist method, black on natural; length 17.5 cm. See Osborne, Lilly de Johgh, Indian Crafts of Guatemala and El Salvador. 1975. pp. 329-330, 334-335.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
El Salvador
Verbatim coll. place:
El Salvador attr.
Collector:
Carleton H. Clark
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gourds (plant components)
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Note: 10/1/1963 attributed to Guatemala by Daniel F. Rubin de la Borbolla.