Gourd

Museum number:
9-11859
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Water carrier for holy water, carved gourd; handle at top.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Gourd, accession number 9-11859, described as Water carrier for holy water, carved gourd; handle at top.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Gourd, accession number 9-11859, described as Water carrier for holy water, carved gourd; handle at top.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd, accession number 9-11859, described as Water carrier for holy water, carved gourd; handle at top.

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