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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Porpoise
Date Made:early 20th century
Materials:lacquered gourd
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Guerrero
Measurements:Overall: 2 9/16 in x 9 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 6.5 cm x 24.8 cm x 6.7 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.648
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:
small fish-shaped gourd, bulbous at one end, underside covered with green lacquer, upper part with red, the face and back painted in blue, yellow, and white

Tags:
patterns; fish

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