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Object Number
990-6-30/11540
Display Title
Bowl shaped gourd
Descriptions
Object Description
Bowl shaped gourd. one 9 cm long crack+ a 3.5 long crack. label inside "very small peruvuan pottery in gourd." opening at top 8.3 (diam)
Inventory Description
Gourd container, round withsliced top, cracked
Classification
- Gourd
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Materials
Gourd
Dimensions
Overall: 11.3 x 13.5 x 13.4 cm (4 7/16 x 5 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
990-6-30/11540
Provenance
Collector
Eliza Thurston Butts
(ca. 1890)
Donor
Ellen Frothingham Dunnell
(June 12. 1990)
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