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Object Number 993-24-20/27379A
Display Title Ceramic polychrome bird figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic polychrome burnished buridos bird figurine, brown & grey on buff. a: head turned to side.
Inventory Description Figurine, hollow, moulded bird, polychrome painted floral design
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1950-1959 ca.
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco / <County> / Tonala
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 14.7 x 6.2 cm (3 3/8 x 5 13/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27379a
Credit Line Gift of Alice B. Melvin, in celebration of donor's father and mother, Professor A. Gordon Melvin and Lorna Strong Melvin, donor's sister, Mary Melvin Petronella, family friend, Luis Hererra Garcia, friend, Richard Paul Baydin, and donor's cats, Miss Amiga, Sir Minky, and Pyewacket
Provenance
Collector Alice B. Melvin (August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (August 16, 1993)

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