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Small gourd container with lid attached - used to hold blowpipe poison+
Small gourd container with lid attached - used to hold blowpipe poison+
Object Number 38-60-30/1769
Display Title Small gourd container with lid attached - used to hold blowpipe poison+
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bowl, gourd, rounded, incised, vegetable fiber cord attached to perforated lid
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Payamino
  • Quichua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials Gourd, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 6.8 x 6.3 cm (2 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-60-30/1769

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