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Votive Bowl

38-23-127

From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38-23-127
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Huichol
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Gourd | Bead | Lacquer | Silver
Description

Interior covered with lacquer and with designs of colored glass beads, fastened in bees-wax. Used as offerings to gods in ceremonies. Green lacquer. Pink, brown, and yellowish rectangular beads. Radiating arms, coils, and star. 5 cent silver coin in center
Height 2 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938

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