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Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 1995, gift of Gillett G. Griffin to the Princeton University Art Museum.\n</p>\n<p>\n\tNotes:\n\t<br />\n\t[1] According to Griffin’s Notebook 1-8.\n</p>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"The complex and varied coloration of the outer surfaces of these objects is derived from their firing. The ceramics were fired in shallow pits at temperatures that did not exceed 1000 degrees Celsius. At such low temperatures, the colors of the clay and the slips—mineral or clay suspensions in water used to decorate vessels—will not change, limiting the potter’s palette to those natural pigments. If the pit\n\nis covered entirely near the end of the process, the lack of oxygen causes the pottery to turn black in a technique known as reduction firing. As seen in these examples, some early central Mexican potters experimented with this, producing patterned black or brown fire-clouds or smudges. 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