Squash-Shaped Bowl
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Mexico
General region:North and Central America
Culture: West Mexico
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. 500 B.C.
Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions:
height: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
width: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, the Robert K. Winn Collection
Object number: 85.1.516
Provenance: with Robert K. Winn (d. 1979), San Antonio, TX, by 1973; by inheritance to the Steves Foundation (Mrs. Marshall Steves)/San Antonio Folk Art Museum, 1979; by donation to the San Antonio Museum Association, 1985; by transfer to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994
Label Text
Gourds served as some of the earliest water-tight containers in Mesoamerica. Some of the earliest earthenware vessels were made to mimic the shape of gourds given their effectiveness. This vessel in the shape of a gourd or squash may reflect this pattern. Squashes were also an important element of the Mesoamerica diet which could also be reflected in this vessel. (Bernadette Cap, 2022)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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