DepartmentLatin America

Mate Cup with Bombilla

NameCup and straw

Dateca. 2009

Place madeEl Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America

MediumGourd, metal

DimensionsOverall (overall (cup)): 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (12.1 x 8.5 cm)
Overall (overall (bombilla)): 6 in. (15.3 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2009.29.7V

DescriptionOvoid mate cup with flaring, metal wrapped rim. The bottom and narrowed neck of darker color, the wider body of mottled golden brown. Sits in wire stand with three legs and curving decoration on the top, which supports and centers the vessel on the stand. Bombilla has six-sided pierced knob at one end, and decorative rings near bite end and just above the strainer knob.