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

Mate Cup and Bombilla

NameCup and straw
Dateca. 2009
Place madeEl Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
MediumCup and bombilla: Bamboo
DimensionsOverall (overall (cup)): 6 5/16 x 2 3/16 in. (16 x 5.5 cm)
Overall (overall (bombilla)): 9 5/8 x 1/2 in. (24.5 x 1.2 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.2009.29.3V
DescriptionBamboo cup in natural light and dark brown. One dark band has a bird and an animal incised. The bombilla is pierced in many locations near the closed end and also alternates between light and dark.
Mate Cup with Bombilla
Last quarter 19th century
Mate Cup with Bombilla
First half 20th c.
Mate Cup with Bombilla
Delia Campisi
2009
Mate cup and bombilla
Artist not recorded
Early 20th century
Mate cup and bombilla
Artist not recorded
Late 19th - early 20th century
Figurative mate cup, bombilla
Artist not recorded
19th century
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