Gourd

Guacal

42-35-388

From: Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Rabinal

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Guacal
Object Number 42-35-388
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pocomchi | Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Rabinal
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Gourd | Morro Tree Fruit | Pigment
Description

morro tree fruit, hemispherical, blackened , painted with quetzal bird, crossed muskets and scroll on which is scratched "Libertod 15 de Set de 1821", carved across the top "Recuerdo 1931 Guatemala"

Length 21 cm
Width 145 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 313 - Collector Number

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