Gourd bowl

Museum number:
3-1930
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Accession number:
Acc.524
Description:
Gourd bowl; lacquered red inside. Outside black with thickened red rim. Brush painted inside with gold band on rim blue arrow design, band below. Blue bird on blue fruit with green leaves in center. Outside brush painted blue arrow design band, gold band below, blue flower design on bottom. Word Amistad in yellow on outside. Flaked. Hole punched for hanging. Diameter 8.0 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Accession date:
1917
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl, accession number 3-1930, described as Gourd bowl; lacquered red inside. Outside black with thickened red rim. Brush painted inside with gold band on rim blue arrow design, band below. Blue bird on blue fruit with green leaves in center. Outside brush painted blue arrow design band, gold band below, blue flower design on bottom. Word Amistad in yellow on outside. Flaked. Hole punched for hanging. Diameter 8.0 cm.

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