Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.
Gourd water bottle
Date: 1920s
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Medium: gourd
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund purchase for the permanent collection, 1928 or 1929.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.M501
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit June 3-5, 2015 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo, Review 2”): Also looked at IAF.M502 (another gourd) at the same time. Gourds are boiled to harden them for use. This one has been boiled. Gourds are dried on the vine and then broken off. Rocks or glass are put inside and shaken to loosen and remove dried pulp and seeds. It is then boiled with sprigs of cedar to give it a nice brown color and to harden it. Gourds are used for many purposes; ladles, scrapers, and storage of seeds, grains, etc. They are usually sealed with a corn cob.
In Collection(s)
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