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Object Number
997-2-20/27595
Display Title
Ceramic burnished cat figurine
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic cat figurine signed "MEXICO/JJP"
Inventory Description
Figurine, moulded cat, hollow, perforated at base, pink, orange, black,
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1969 ca.
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
/
<County>
/
Tonala
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 6.2 x 8.6 x 5 cm (2 7/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
997-2-20/27595; Mexico / JJP; A $12.00
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
(1960-1969 - 4/20/95)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(1960-1969 - 4/20/95)
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