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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Water Jar (Cántaro)
Date Made:1930
Type:Ceramic
Materials:burnished earthenware with slip design
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Michoacán; Huánsito
Measurements:Overall: 11 5/8 in x 10 13/16 in; 29.5 cm x 27.5 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.601
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:
Inscribed on side in black: "P. Abril O. de/1930". Apple-shaped jar, burnished red with black, white, and orange designs. Upper part of body with 2 stylized white dogs outlined in black with orange and black on body; 2 oval designs in orange and black attached to band and on shoulder. High straight neck. Lower part of body unglazed. Inscribed on side in black: "P. Abril O. de/1930"

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