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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Gourd Bowl (Tecomate)
Date Made:late 19th century
Type:Container
Materials:lacquered gourd
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Michoacán; Uruápan
Measurements:Overall: 6 7/16 in x 6 9/16 in; 16.4 cm x 16.7 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.637
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:
Pear-shaped gourd (tecomate) with red-orange lacquer ground and deep red, blue, green and pink floral decoation. Interior red lacquered; no cover. Illust. in "Casa Manana"; Exh. label on bottom of gourd: Mexican Arts, American Federation of Arts, 1930-31, #39A

Tags:
utensils; drinking; design; patterns; decorative arts

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