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Object Number
993-24-20/27390
Display Title
Ceramic horned animal candle holder
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic horned animal candle holder (figurine) (terra cotta) w/red paint; candle stub.
Inventory Description
Ceramic figurine, candlestick, moulded, incised/punctate zoomorphic figure wit
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1993
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Chiapas
Materials
Terra cotta
Dimensions
Overall: 11.8 x 10 x 6.6 cm (4 5/8 x 3 15/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27390
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 993-24-20/27471A | Ceramic candle holder |
Accessory
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Tonala
| |
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| 993-24-20/27471B | Ceramic candle holder |
Unclassified
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Tonala
| |
| 26-64-40/E3240 | Candle holder |
Dish
|
Europe
| |
| 993-24-20/27454.2 | Ceramic brown glazed horse-drawn coach figurine |
Figurine
|
Acatlan de Osorio
| |
| 24-48-60/D2272.1 | Candle stick, carved wood, circular lipped base, tapered stem, rounded holder |
Candlestick
|
Siberia
| |
|
| 993-24-20/27454.1 | Ceramic brown glazed horse-drawn coach figurine |
Figurine
|
Acatlan de Osorio
| |
| 993-24-20/27525 | Ceramic terra cotta pastillaje female figurine w/ animals |
Figurine
|
Santa Maria Atzompa
| |
| 993-24-20/27404A | Terra cotta creche figurine. One of group (27404a-m) |
Figurine
|
Santa Maria Atzompa
| |
| 993-24-20/27385C | Ceramic burnished red (terra cotta) rabbit figurine |
Figurine
|
Santa Maria Atzompa
| |
| 993-24-20/27385A | Ceramic burnished red (terra cotta) rabbit figurine |
Figurine
|
Santa Maria Atzompa
| |
| 993-24-20/27385B | Ceramic burnished red (terra cotta) rabbit figurine |
Figurine
|
Santa Maria Atzompa
| |
| 993-24-20/27404M | Terra cotta creche figurine, angel. One of group (27404a-m) |
Figurine
|
Santa Maria Atzompa
|