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Canteen

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2013 School for Advanced Research.

Canteen

Date: c. 1880
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 30 cm (14 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Medium: clay | paint
Credit Line: Given in memory of Margaret Moses, 1984.
Object Number: SAR.1984-4-2
On view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
DescriptionLarge undecorated, red ceramic water canteen with a spout, flat base and two handles. Red slip has mostly worn off and evidence of much use where extremely abraded, cotton cord tied through each handle and 2 1/4" wide multi-colored strap is attached to one handle. Spout is chipped and abraded.
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