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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Tray (Batea)
Date Made:late 18th century
Type:Household Accessory
Materials:lacquered wood
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Michoacán; Pátzcuaro
Measurements:Overall: 3 in x 18 7/8 in x 14 1/4 in; 7.6 cm x 47.9 cm x 36.2 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.582
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:
Octagonal tray with pale blue-green background with painted decorations: youth in red trousers, blue coat, black hat and stockings, young woman in red dress, shoes, cap, and white apron dancing under a tree. In center, scroll cartouche with 1/2 length figure of man in tri-cornered hat and blue jacket; 2 musicians under tree at right. Floral decorations above and below and on scalloped sides. Red lacquer on exterior.

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