Gourd bowl (jícara)

Museum number:
3-26848
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Alternate number:
LO-1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2897
Description:
Jicara, gourd bowl, from half of tree calabash (crescentia); lacquered red inside and out, with lacquer thickened in a band 2.5 cm wide around outside rim; used as drinking vessel, dipper, measure of quantity and as hats in some areas - e.g. among the Trique of Oaxaca (of Cordry, Mexican Indian Costumes)
Donor:
Katharine D. Jenkins and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
September 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Gourds (plant components)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
January 17, 1973
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl (jícara), accession number 3-26848, described as Jicara, gourd bowl, from half of tree calabash (crescentia); lacquered red inside and out, with lacquer thickened in a band 2.5 cm wide around outside rim; used as drinking vessel, dipper, measure of quantity and as hats in some areas - e.g. among the Trique of Oaxaca (of Cordry, Mexican Indian Costumes)

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