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DepartmentLatin America

Decorative Gourd

NameGourd

Artist Artist unrecorded

Date1973

Place madeHuancayo Province, Junín, Peru, South America

MediumGourd, carbon, grease

DimensionsOverall: 15 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. (39 x 9.5 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.1973.103.2

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionLong, slender gourd incised with village scene of musicians, dancing, the church, a bull fight. Geometric bands top and bottom. Gourd is carved and design filled with charcoal mixed with grease.

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