Cheeses labelled with " affinage m�thode Dieulefit " ( after the commune of Dieulefit ) indicates that the affinage included hand-washing the surface of the cheese with water, following which the cheese is left to mature in covered earthenware jars for at least a month.
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Mary Histia, an Acoma Indian potter from New Mexico, celebrated government involvement in crafts by emblazoning a large earthenware jar, circa 1930, with the American eagle and the words " Our president, Franklin D . Roosevelt, U . S ., We Do Our Part ."
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The wine makers soon transferred it either into large earthenware jars, which were then sealed, or, if the wine were to be transported elsewhere, into wineskins ( that is, partially goat-skins, sewn up where the legs and tail had protruded but leaving the opening at the neck ).
