Votive Bowl
38-23-126
From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
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 |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.