Decorated Gourd
Item number 2918/2 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Small container with lid, made out of a hollowed gourd. The gourd (part a) is decorated with elaborate carvings of harvest scenes, musicians playing outside a building, fruit picking in an orchard, women talking. Two panels showing a stylized frog divide the scenes. The base of the gourd is decorated with carved geometric designs. The lid (part b) is cut out of the gourd and is convex, bulging in the centre where a stem would be. It is decorated as a stylized flower.
Narrative
Collected by the donor's father when he was a mining engineer working in the Peruvian Andes in the 1920s.
Item History
- Made in Peru before 1930
- Collected during 1925
- Owned by Ian MacLeod before October 18, 2011
- Received from Ian MacLeod (Donor) on October 18, 2011
What
- Name
- Decorated Gourd
- Identification Number
- 2918/2 a-b
- Type of Item
- gourd
- Material
- gourd fruit
- Overall
- height 8.0 cm, diameter 10.5 cm
- Part A
- height 6.5 cm, diameter 10.5 cm
- Part B
- height 1.5 cm, width 7.1 cm, depth 7.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
Who
- Culture
- Peruvian
- Previous Owner
- Ian MacLeod
- Received from
- Ian MacLeod (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1930
- Collection Date
- during 1925
- Ownership Date
- before October 18, 2011
- Acquisition Date
- on October 18, 2011
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2918/0002 a-b
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