Gourd

Museum number:
3-28762
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Gourd. Oval shape, hollow with one end removed to form a container; outside decorated with abstract female and floral figured; decoration made by wax resist method, black on natural. Legth 14.0 cm. Native name: jicara.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Izalco, El Salvador
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd, accession number 3-28762, described as Gourd. Oval shape, hollow with one end removed to form a container; outside decorated with abstract female and floral figured; decoration made by wax resist method, black on natural. Legth 14.0 cm. Native name: jicara.

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