Votive Bowl

38-23-126

From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38-23-126
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Huichol
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Gourd | Bead | Lacquer | Bees-Wax
Description

Interior covered with lacquer and with designs of colored glass beads, fastened in bees-wax. Used as offerings to gods in ceremonies. Red lacquer. Varicolored dark beads, mainly rectangular iridescent. Radiating arms and miscellaneous designs.

Height 2 cm
Width 14 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938

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