Canteen

Museum number:

3-23118

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Accession number:

Acc.2248

Description:

Canteen of vine gourd with constricted middle; black (india ink?) Mayan figures on one side; clear lacquer on entire surface; corn cob plug; two-ply henequen cord tied around middle; height 32 cm

Donor:

Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Verbatim coll. place:

Mexico; Chiapas; Palenque; Chol Indians

Culture or time period:

Chol

Collector:

Susan Weikel Palmer

Collection date:

October 16, 1966

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Canteens (vessels) and Gourds (plant components)

Accession date:

1967

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

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