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Object Number 993-24-20/27388
Display Title Polychrome vase/jar
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic polychrome vase/ jar blue, brown, and white on brown, animal motif.
Inventory Description Jar, flat base, rounded sides, tapered straight neck, straight rim, poly
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Date 1986-1989
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Michoacan / <County> / Patamban
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 19.9 x 20.9 x 20.6 cm (7 13/16 x 8 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27388
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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