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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican (20th century)
Title:Serape with Portrait of President Plutarco Elías Calles
Date Made:ca. 1927
Type:Clothing
Materials:wool
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Coahuila; Saltillo
Measurements:Overall: 92 x 44 in; 233.7 x 111.8 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.715
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:
Machine woven with horizontal bands of graduated blues and pinks separated by bands of white with red and green geometric designs or by bands of solid blue with quartered diamonds in re or gree. In oval central medeallion, portrait of Mexican President (Cardenas or Plutarco Elias Calles?)

Subjects:
Wool

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