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Bowl with Flower Motif
(Ancient Americas )
Possibly made during the colonial period, this simple bowl shows a many-petalled flower and accompanying leaves. This may have been merely decorative, or may refer to a sacred, possibly hallucenogenic, plant of the coastal region in which it was made.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
New World Antiquities, San Francisco [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1988, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
Geographies
Ecuador (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 5/8 x W: 4 3/8 in. (6.7 x 11.1 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift, 2009
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2857