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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Eel (Anguila)
Date Made:early 20th century
Type:Sculpture
Materials:lacquered gourd
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Guerrero
Measurements:Overall: 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 14 1/2 in; 5.7 cm x 5.7 cm x 36.8 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.645
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:
long slender gourd in shape of an eel covered with red lacquer with eyes and mouth and sides painted on in blue and yellow paint; inscribed in yellow near tail: Amolin.

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