DepartmentLatin America

Mate cup and bombilla

NameMate cup and bombilla

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateEarly 20th century

Place madeSouth America

MediumMate (a): Gourd, alpaca; Bombilla (b): Silver or alpaca

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, FA.2010.88.1ab

Object numberFA.2010.88.1ab

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionMate (a): Teardrop shaped gourd mate cup incised with scenes of landscape with trees around body in warm brown with sky of light tan. Upper neck incised with band of floral and curvilinear forms. Dull silver colored lip wrap has "600" stamped on outside. Bombilla (b): Slender simple silver? tube has small ring incised with curvilinear floral forms located just past bite. Strainer end has is teardrop shaped, with flat top stamped with 800 near tube, the bottom rounded, and the end with multiple piercings.