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Colombia Guna Strainers & Etched Gourd Cup - Three ritual gourd vessels, with one of them tagged as collected from the Guna (Kuna/Cuna) tribe located at Arquía, Colombia.  The other two pieces are not tagged, but they were all found together in the Kapp collection. Two hollowed calabash tree-gourds, approx. 7.25” and 6.5” diameter, with holes to serve as strainers, probably for chicha ceremonial beer.  One has cotton string attached for hanging; the other has unattached string.  The larger strainer has a field tag, with a few letters missing, mostly legible:  __-SU calabash [strainer] from home of GUILLERMO ONE_ at ARQUIA, R. de Colombia. 8 July 1969. Also in the lot is a nice round gourd serving cup with an etched geometric design of lines and curves on the upper half. About 3.5” diameter, and with a section of masking tape attached. Provenance: From the collection of Captain Kit S. Kapp (1926–2013), American explorer, ethnologist, and cartographer. Gathered during his historic maritime and ethnographic expeditions to the San Blas Islands and Darién region of Panama between 1961 and 1972.