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Object Number 993-24-20/27382
Display Title Ceramic donkey figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic donkey figurine red and brown on buff burnished.
Inventory Description Figurine, moulded, incised and punctate donkey, red and brown on buff painte
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1950-1959
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Guerrero / <County> / Ameyaltepec
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 14.7 x 5.2 cm (2 3/8 x 5 13/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27382; 37
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 (1950-1959 - August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (1950-1959 - August 16, 1993)

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