DepartmentLatin America
Rukuri
NameGourd bowl
CultureWixarika (Huichol)
Datec. 1960
Place madeNayarit, Mexico, North America
Place madeJalisco, Mexico, North America
MediumGourd, glass beads, beeswax
Dimensions2 9/16 × 7 1/16 × 5 1/16 in. (6.5 × 18 × 12.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.509
Object numberA.1979.5.509
DescriptionHalf gourd, hemispherical in shape, with interior covered in beeswax into which beads have been pressed. Six 4-legged animals and six in colors of white, red, green, blue, yellow. Ke motif. Colors: red, white, blue, yellow, some translucent.c. 1960
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