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Mate Cup with Bombilla
Mate Cup with Bombilla
Mate Cup with Bombilla
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Mate Cup with Bombilla

NameCup and straw
Maker Ani Guim
Date2009
Place madeBuenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
MediumMate cup: gourd, paint. Bombilla: cane, waxed thread
DimensionsOverall (overall (cup)): 3 3/8 x 3 9/16 in. (8.5 x 9 cm)
Overall (overall (bombilla)): 6 13/16 x 5/16 in. (17.3 x 0.8 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.2009.29.2V
DescriptionRound gourd cup painted black and incised with lines filled with green and purple paint. Bent cane bombilla has a short wrapping of light green waxed thread just above the bend. Bottom is pierced in vertical rows.
Mate cup and bombilla
Artist not recorded
Late 19th - early 20th century
Mate cup and bombilla
Artist not recorded
Early 20th century
Mate Cup with Bombilla
First half 20th c.
Mate Cup with Bombilla
Delia Campisi
2009
Mate Cup with Bombilla
Last quarter 19th century
Mate cup and bombilla
Sergio Fiorentino
2011
Figurative mate cup, bombilla
Artist not recorded
19th century
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