Container Item Number: H2.20 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small spherical brown gourd with a narrow opening at the top--gourd is filled with cotton fibre and has a splint through its bottom.
History Of Use
Used to contain poison in which to dip arrow point, in hunting birds and small game.
Item History
- Made in Ecuador
- Collected between 1934 and 1954
- Owned by Klara Adler before July 10, 1960
- Received from Klara Adler (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) on July 10, 1960
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- H2.20
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- gourd fruit, cotton fibre and stem ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- dried and cut
- Overall
- height 8.7 cm, width 26.5 cm, diameter 7.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Shuar ? or Achuar ?
- Previous Owner
- Klara Adler
- Received from
- Klara Adler (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ecuador
When
- Collection Date
- between 1934 and 1954
- Ownership Date
- before July 10, 1960
- Acquisition Date
- on July 10, 1960
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0056/0007