Balche drinking gourd
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Jul 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Mary McCutcheon
label: Donor Name
content: Mary McCutcheon
notes: label: Notes
content: Decorated with 4 areas of incising in 2 pairs of patterns: (1) arc of concentric lines on opposite sides of gourd near the rim, and (2) human stick figures incised on top of curved concentric lines, also on opposite sides of the gourd near the rim. According to curator, Robert Laughlin, Balché is a ceremonial drink made of fermented sugar cane and the bark of the Balché tree.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Metzabok, Chiapas, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Lacandon Maya (Hach Winik)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2033771
label: USNM Number
content: E432087-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drinking Gourd
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 18.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 16 cm