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
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.
