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Object Number
993-24-20/27385B
Display Title
Ceramic burnished red (terra cotta) rabbit figurine
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic burnished red (terra cotta) rabbit figurine with incised eyes & w/ paint whiskers. ears, limbs tails have been broken & repaired. b is a bank--on bottom: " special artisan no more made ___ oaxaca mexico 1951"
Inventory Description
Figurine, bank, hollow, moulded and incised rabbit, slit perforation at ba
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1950-1959 ca.
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Mexico
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Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
<City>
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Santa Maria Atzompa
Materials
Terra cotta
Dimensions
Overall: 18.5 x 12 x 9 cm (7 5/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27385b; Oaxaca / Mexico / 1951; J. ? / Sarriol / artisan / no more ???
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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