Azucarero

NameSugar Container

Artist or maker Catalina Sanabria de Medina

Date1921

Place madeHuancayo Province, Junín, Peru, South America

MediumGourd, paint

Dimensions5 × 10 in. (12.7 × 25.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Edwards, A.1969.48.3V

Object numberA.1969.48.3V

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionFlattended globe shaped gourd carved with bas relief images. The center band carved with trees, birds, monkeys, jaguars, a fox with bird in jaws, two groups of 3 men in tailored suits and straw hats of 1910 - 20s. Bottom carved with 4 petalled rosette, 3 foxes and bird. Star shaped lid carved with two hearts, four foxes and two birds.