Dita
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This elaborately carved oblong bowl is made from the gourd-like fruit of a calabash tree called the <i>higüero</i>. This common material was used in the construction of different types of domestic items, especially in rural areas.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Esta vasija apaisada de elaborado tallado está hecha con el fruto del higüero. Este material se utilizaba comúnmente para la confección de diferentes tipos de utensilios domésticos, especialmente en las áreas rurales. En Puerto Rico, utensilios de este material se denominan ditas.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: Bowl
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0882
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0882
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl, dita
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gourd (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 23 cm x 19.2 cm; 3 9/16 in x 9 1/16 in x 7 9/16 in