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Water gourd - double, curved with hemp string around middle and corn cob for sto
Water gourd - double, curved with hemp string around middle and corn cob for sto
Object Number 36-74-20/4700
Display Title Water gourd - double, curved with hemp string around middle and corn cob for sto
Descriptions
Object Description Water gourd - double, curved with hemp string around middle and corn +
Inventory Description Bottle, gourd, dbl, fiber string around waist, brown, perf at top, corked
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chichen Itza
Additional Geographic Terms Yucatan
Materials Gourd, Fiber, Cork
Dimensions Overall: 28.2 x 18.5 cm (11 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-74-20/4700
Provenance
Collector Dr. Alfred Vincent Kidder (1925)
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred Vincent Kidder (1936)

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