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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Gourd Bowl
Date Made:late 19th century
Type:Container
Materials:lacquered gourd
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Michoacan; Uruapan
Measurements:Overall: 2 in x 9 3/16 in; 5.1 cm x 23.3 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.639
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

Description:
Shallow round bowl, the exterior with a green lacquer ground with white, gold, and green floral decoration, a large red blossom with gold center at the bottom. Interior orange lacquer.

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