Gourd bowl

Museum number:
3-1926
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.524
Description:
Bowl: gourd, lacquered deep orange outside and brush painted wari-blue and silver bands, floral design band on orange. Bird painted with blue and white, black accent on bottom. Inside and outer rim lacquered in thickened lighter orange. Hole punched in rim for hanging. Diameter 18.0 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, accession number 3-1926, described as Bowl: gourd, lacquered deep orange outside and brush painted wari-blue and silver bands, floral design band on orange. Bird painted with blue and white, black accent on bottom. Inside and outer rim lacquered in thickened lighter orange. Hole punched in rim for hanging. Diameter 18.0 cm.

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