Votive Bowl
38-23-123
From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38-23-123 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Huichol |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Gourd | Bead | Bees-Wax | Lacquer |
| Description | Interior covered with lacquer and with designs of colored glass beads fastened in bees-wax. Used as offerings to gods in ceremonies. Red lacquer. Brown, white, and blue beads. Central rosette and 5 "trees" designs. Also irregular designs of red, white, and black yarn. |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Width | 21.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938 |
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