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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Box (Almohadilla)
Date Made:early 19th century
Type:Container
Materials:lacquered wood
Place Made:North America; Mexico: Michoacán
Measurements:Overall: 2 5/8 in x 16 5/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 6.7 cm x 42.2 cm x 9.8 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.565
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:
Orange box or amohodillo (cushion-shaped box) with designs of birds and animals with blossoms and leaves painted in black, brown, gray, and greens. Hinged top with "Professor/Jose M. Rivera" inscribed in ink. A covered compartment at each end on the interior.

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