Varnish
Object Number: | 29-60-91A |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Quiche |
Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Baja Verapaz Rabinal |
Culture Area: | Central American |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Insect Excretion Wood Leaf |
Length: | 20 cm |
Width: | 4 cm |
Credit Line: | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
Other Number: | 301 - Field No SF |
Description
calabash varnish; wrapped in the maker's wrapping which is a leaf or corn husk; it is the juice of a certain insect which is bred for the purpose.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Mesoamerican Gallery (23 Mar 2001 - 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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