Gourd bowl

Museum number:
3-306
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Alternate number:
306 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Object count:
1
Description:
Jicalpeste or dried pumpkin without a top, decorated with lacquer. (Gourd bowl, lacquered. Red inside. Hand painted bird and floral polychrome design on brown. Stem cut out to make lid. Height approximately 15.0 cm x 21.6 cm.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Gourds (plant components)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 21.6 centimeters and height 15 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl, accession number 3-306, described as Jicalpeste or dried pumpkin without a top, decorated with lacquer. (Gourd bowl, lacquered. Red inside. Hand painted bird and floral polychrome design on brown. Stem cut out to make lid. Height approximately 15.0 cm x 21.6 cm.)

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