Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund

Gift of Mrs. Eugene Schaefer

Gift of Florence Walker

Small engraved sugar gourd with lid cut from top in a circular zigzag. Engraved decoration, stained black against the brown, consists of several encircling bands of vegetal spirals and chains, a band showing musicians and villagers dancing, and a band of llamas. The flat bottom is plain.

Bowl-shaped half of a large round gourd with exterior surface completely covered with engraving. Depicted in the centre of the light brown base is a village scene of celebration with many people, in traditional costume, all drinking, dancing, and playing musical instruments. Around the thick rim run bands of vegetal decoration and an interlocking chain pattern.

Round reddish brown gourd with engraved decoration covering most of surface. In a circle at the top are three birds in a floral background. In a continuous band encircling the lower portion are depictions of a bull-fight, musicians and dancers, animals in the mountains, villages and villagers.

Small spherical gourd with conical top covered with engraving. The upper encircling bands of decoration contain floral and geometrical motifs. The lower band is thicker and depicts a village scene with a house, two males, two females and four llamas.

Long gourd with dye painted decoration encircling neck and spherical base. Spirals, fans, triangles, waves and solid diamond and oval shapes are joined in a continuous line of design.

Elongated gourd with entire exterior surface engraved and stained. The gourd is divided into five bordered sections, one at either end and three along the length of the object. The narrowest end is filled with elaborate floral and heart-shaped spirals, the other end shows a agricultural scene, in the middle are a bullfight scene, a feasting fair scene, and an area of hearts within triangles.

Reddish brown pear-shaped gourd with shallow engraving covering most of exterior surface. Decorative motifs in the upper portion are floral and geometric. The lower portion is divided into four opposing triangular areas, each with a different scene - costumed dancers, a jungle of exotic birds and flowers, musicians and dancing villagers in front of houses, and a jungle hut beside a monkey-filled twisted tree. Dried seeds inside rattle when gourd is moved.