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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Water Jar (Cántaro)
Date Made:early 20th century
Type:Ceramic
Materials:burnished earthenware with slip design
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Michoacán; Huánsito
Measurements:Overall: 11 11/16 in x 11 7/8 in; 29.7 cm x 30.2 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.600
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:
Apple shaped-jar with light gray ground; upper part of bulbous body covered with orange-red and brown geometric designs, large orange blossom on each side. Black outlined bands of deeper red with small black design on each side of white band with brown and orange design. Straight neck with red glaze.

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