DepartmentLatin America
Azucarero
NamePair of Sugar Containers
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Date1968
Place madeCochas Chico, Huancayo Province, Peru, South America
MediumGourd, dyes
Dimensions5 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (13.97 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.703VX
Object numberA.1979.32.703VX
DescriptionPair of carved and incised gourd containers with cut out lids. The bodies depicting animals, people in Andean ponchos, plants with geometric decorated lids and rims. Red surface with pale yellow background, yellow, pink and blue details. Stems forms handles of zig-zag edged top.