Votive Bowl

38-23-121

From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38-23-121
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Huichol
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Gourd | Bead | Lacquer | Bees-Wax
Description

Interior covered with lacquer and with designs of colored glass beads fastened in bees-wax. Used as offering to gods in ceremonies. Red lacquer. Red, white, and blue beads. Central rosette and radiating loops.

Height 5 cm
Width 21 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938

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