Gourd

42-35-75

From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 42-35-75
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Gourd
Iconography Woman
Description

Jicara. Used in cofradia ceremonies. Negative painted decoration of women with flowing hair and arms upraised and holding some object. (Background is black).

Height 15.5 cm
Outside Diameter 8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number X-5 - Other Number

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