gourd dish
Object Details
- Notes
- One half lagenaria gourd (ngokrat) with faded urucu and black paint design of 7 black lines. Suspension cord is red, green, yellow and orange elongated bead string strung through hole and anchored by orange and red bead. Pendants of 4 multicolored elongated beads with round bead, each ending in reddish macaw feather. Obtained from maker, 22 y/o female Buco, for .25 crn. Purchased with #142. For more information see accession records type #35. Gourd is possibly recycled.
- Record Last Modified
- 2 Dec 2014
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Apinaye
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 24 Apr 2006
- Collection Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 400194
- USNM Number
- E431002-0
- Collector
- Dr. Dolores Newton
- Donor Name
- Dr. Dolores Newton
- Object Type
- Dish
- Length
- 20.5 cm
- Width
- 5 cm
- Place
- Marizinha, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
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- Anthropology
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8543791
- Usage
- CC0
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