Beer Container (Máhuetan)

c. 1940 Diameter: 79 cm (31 1/8 in.); height: 68 cm (26 3/4 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.129

Jars like this one are used as beer kegs during multi-day feasts. The shape and colors may reference a tiered cosmos, graduating from the earthen tones of the dark underworld to the bright, light-filled celestial realm. Perhaps extending this idea, the brown, tapered base is b...

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तकनीक
Ceramic, slip
माध्यम
Ceramic, slip
विधा
Ceramic
विभाग
Art of the Americas

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