Gourd bowl (jícara)

Museum number:
3-1925
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.524
Description:
Bowl: gourd “Jicara” ; lacquered black outside and brush painted vari-colored and silver curved designs and plain bands, floral design band, yellow bird with orange on bottom of bowl; outside rim and inside of bowl lacquered with thickened orange coat. Hole punched in rim for hanging. Flaking. Diameter 17.0 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Gourds (plant components)
Accession date:
1917
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl (jícara), accession number 3-1925, described as Bowl: gourd “Jicara” ; lacquered black outside and brush painted vari-colored and silver curved designs and plain bands, floral design band, yellow bird with orange on bottom of bowl; outside rim and inside of bowl lacquered with thickened orange coat. Hole punched in rim for hanging. Flaking. Diameter 17.0 cm.

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