Votive Bowl
38-23-125
From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38-23-125 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Huichol |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Gourd | Bead | Lacquer | Silver |
| Description | Interior covered with lacquer and with designs of colored glass beads fastened in bees-wax. Used as offering to gods in ceremonies. Green lacquer. Brown, white, and blue beads. Large rosette with silver peso coin in center. Scalloped ring red and white yarn, separating bead figures of animals, circles, rosettes, etc |
| Height | 5 cm |
| Width | 19.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938 |
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