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Mate Cup
Mate Cup
Mate Cup
DepartmentLatin America

Mate Cup

NameCup
Artist Artist unrecorded
Date19th century
Place madeBolivia, South America
MediumGourd, silver
Dimensions3 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 1 in. (8.89 × 9.525 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, bequest of the Estate of Edith Page Skewes-Cox Estate, A.1974.19.42
Object numberA.1974.19.42
Collections
DescriptionFlat, round gourd with silver lip with large lobed flanges. Lateral opening in the gourd makes the mouth; incised circular forms encircle the silver lobes, with lines connecting the circles.
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