Cup
A 19th century drinking cup carved from an example of curcubitacea, a type of herbaceous fruit in the gourd family found throughout the Andes and Mesoamerica. It’s surface is engraved with birds and geometric motifs.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- VS751
- Collection Class
- Containers
- Collection Area Region
- Central America
- Material
- calabash | | | |
- Common Name
- cup
- Simple Name
- cup
- Production Town
- Production Country
- ? Mexico
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- 1890
- Production Year High
- 1910
