Calabash bowl

Museum number:
3-26873
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2897
Description:
Bowl; round; made form half the pericarp of the tree calabash (Crescentia); inside lacquered red with blue swan, blue water, and green foliage, blue and yellow band around rim painted on; outside lacquered black with red flower, green leaves, blue and yellow bands painted around rim; rim raised and in red lacquer
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
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Calabash bowl, accession number 3-26873, described as Bowl; round; made form half the pericarp of the tree calabash (Crescentia); inside lacquered red with blue swan, blue water, and green foliage, blue and yellow band around rim painted on; outside lacquered black with red flower, green leaves, blue and yellow bands painted around rim; rim raised and in red lacquerDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Calabash bowl, accession number 3-26873, described as Bowl; round; made form half the pericarp of the tree calabash (Crescentia); inside lacquered red with blue swan, blue water, and green foliage, blue and yellow band around rim painted on; outside lacquered black with red flower, green leaves, blue and yellow bands painted around rim; rim raised and in red lacquer

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