DepartmentLatin America

Poto

NameContainer

Maker Leorcin Veli

Datec. 1979

Place madeCochas Chico/Cochas, Junin, Peru, South America

MediumOrganic

Dimensions4 15/16 × 13 3/4 × 6 11/16 in. (12.5 × 35 × 17 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.917V

Object numberA.1979.44.917V

Collections

DescriptionIncised, carved and pyrographed. Lid decorated with geometric patterns. Lower portion figures portray mischievous fiesta. Incised: Fiesta of Recreation or Mischief of the Blacks Directed at the Pueblo.

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