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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Strainer (Colador or Nixtamal)
Date Made:n.r.
Type:Ceramic
Materials:earthenware
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Oaxaca; San Bartolo Coyotepec
Measurements:Overall: 4 15/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 15/16 in; 12.5 cm x 14 cm x 15.1 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.630
Credit Line:Gift of the children of Dwight W. Morrow (Class of 1895) and Elizabeth C. Morrow
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Blackware strainer with apple-shaped body entirely perfoated with small even holes; slighting flaring rim with loop handle attached at one side; for straining corn soaked in lime solution used in making tortillas.

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