Gourd container - Specimen details

Gourd container - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 99776

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Plant Name 75.00 CUCURBITACEAE Lagenaria siceraria Entry Book Number 13.2017
Artefact Name Gourd container Vernacular Name
Iso Country Peru TDWG Region Peru
Parts Held Gourd container Geography Description Probably from provinces Huanta or Ayacucho
Uses Gourd containerUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Haynes, B. J. Donor No 165
Donor Date 18/05/2017 Donor Notes
Collector Haynes, B. J. Collector No 165
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Gourd used as a food container, possibly a sugar bowl. See: Menzie, E. (1976). Handcarved and decorated gourds of Peru. Santa Monica, California: Karneke Publishers, p. 16-33

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