Gourd

Guacal

42-35-387

From: Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Rabinal

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Guacal
Object Number 42-35-387
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pocomchi | Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Rabinal
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Gourd
Description

Fruit of the morro tree. Hemispherical. Painted black. Bands of very fine carving: human figures, animals, birds, trees, flowers; inscription in Spanish. Very old.

Outside Diameter 22 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942

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