DepartmentLatin America
Bowl with geometric design
NameBowl
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Date1990s
Place madeCarapanatuba, Santarém, Pará, Brazil, South America
MediumGourd, paint or laquer
Dimensions2 1/16 × 4 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. (5.2 × 10.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Antonio C. La Pastina and Dale A. Rice
Object numberA.2013.31.20
DescriptionDark brown or black painted or laquered gourd bowl, the inside undecorated, the outside carved with a geometric motif just blow the rim. The motif consists of a series of rectangles divided by double vertical lines. Alternating within each rectangular "box" are three vertical or horizontal lines. At the "top" of the double vertical dividing lines are two groups of three diagonal lines, each set of lines moving outward from the central point.
c. 1930
Artist Not Recorded
