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Image Not Available for Mate Gourd with Silver Straw
Mate Gourd with Silver Straw
Image Not Available for Mate Gourd with Silver Straw

Mate Gourd with Silver Straw

Place of ManufactureSouth America
MediumMaterial: wood; silver; gold; aluminum; paint
DimensionsOverall (gourd; straw: ht 21.3 cm wi 2.1 cm cp 1.2 cm): 9.8 x 8.1 x 8.1 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineFred and Isabel Pollard Collection
Object number1976.091.001.1-.2
DescriptionPear-shaped gourd with painted federal & state emblems.On the bottom is incised a rose. In the gourd is a silver spoon straw with a mouthpiece and a hinged strainer at the bottom threaded into the shaft of the straw.
Status
Not on view