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

Collections

Latin America

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.