Votive Bowl
38-23-121
From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
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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