Calabash bowl

Museum number:

3-26887

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Accession number:

Acc.2897

Description:

Bowl; made of lower (blossom) end of tree calabash; lacquered in the rayado technique; solid orange lacquered interior, with orange extending outside in thickened rim; exterior red lacquer background, with floral designs in green relief

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

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