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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Fish (Pescado)
Date Made:early 20th century
Type:Sculpture
Materials:lacquered gourd
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Guerrero
Measurements:Overall: 3 1/16 in x 3 3/16 in x 14 3/8 in; 7.8 cm x 8.1 cm x 36.5 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.647
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 eel-like fish covered with black lacquer, with face and back painted in bright green circles suggesting scales

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