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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