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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mexican
Title:Water Jar (Cántaro)
Date Made:early 20th century
Type:Ceramic
Materials:earthenware with slip decoration
Place Made:North America; Mexico; Guerrero; San Miguel Guapa
Measurements:Overall: 22 1/4 in x 18 7/8 in; 56.5 cm x 47.9 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1955.606
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:
Ovocylindrical in shape with high, straight neck, 3 looped handles on sides below shoulder. Designs in reddish-brown of grasses emerging from decorative band with diamond pattern and 3 scalloped wheels. Smilar to 1955.607.

Tags:
jars; vases; abstract

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