Lid
- Museum number:
- 3-26889b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm2103026889b
- Alternate number:
- LOR-13 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2897
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Lid to gourd container made by cutting stem end of gourd in scallops to form a fitted cover. A wooden button replaces the stem as a handle.
- Donor:
- Katharine D. Jenkins and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
- Collector:
- Katharine D. Jenkins
- Collection date:
- 1966
- Taxon:
- Lagenaria (vine gourds)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Gourds (plant components) and Lids (covers)
- Function:
- 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
- Accession date:
- January 17, 1973
- Context of use:
- Used for household decoration
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area