Gourd
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Ogun gourd container, cut near the top to make a container and lid, and painted half green, half black. A long string connects the container and lid through holes punched in each. There are fifty-two shells inside the gourd, and marks on the exterior of the gourd (as well as E436219 and E4362220) would indicate the shells were glued to the surface. The shells are cut in half and have remnants of glue and green and black paint. A penny was also found in the gourd. The container was on exhibit in the Rhythms of Identity exhibition at the Smithsonian Latino Center (2000). The goal of the RI collection was to provide context for Afro-Cuban musical instruments. Most items were bought in Cuban botanicas and are mass-produced religious items.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 May 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 55
place: label: Place
content: Cuba (not certain), Caribbean (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cuban
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2082129
label: USNM Number
content: E436221-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Gourd
content: 11 cm
label: Maximum Width - Gourd
content: 12 cm
label: Minimum Width - Gourd
content: 10.5 cm
label: Height - Lid
content: 5 cm
label: Maximum Width - Lid
content: 10.8 cm
label: Minimum Width - Lid
content: 9.5 cm