Tobacco Container
38-23-108C
From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38-23-108C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Huichol |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Gourd |
| Description | Small yellowish smooth gourds covered with skin of deer scrotum. Suspended by fiber string through holes. Small circular orifices closed by disks of gourd, wood or corncob, attached by fiber cord. Carried by men, especially when on peyote pilgrimage. |
| Height | 6.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938 |
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