DepartmentLatin America

Mate Cup

NameCup

Artist Artist not recorded

Date19th century

Place madeBolivia, South America

MediumGourd, silver

Dimensions3 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 1 in. (8.89 × 9.525 × 2.54 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, bequest of the Estate of Edith Page Skewes-Cox Estate, A.1974.19.42

Object numberA.1974.19.42

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionFlat, round gourd with silver lip with large lobed flanges. Lateral opening in the gourd makes the mouth; incised circular forms encircle the silver lobes, with lines connecting the circles.

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