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Object Number
993-24-20/27400M
Display Title
Ceramic terra cotta "last supper" figurines. One of a group (27400a-n,p)
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic terra cotta "last supper" figurines -13 men seated on chairs, height 12.5cm width 5 cm.) -; 13 cups and saucers (1 saucer broken) diameter of these is 3 cm; 1 table length 32 cm height 5 cm width 10cm. 27 figurines in total. One of a group (27400a-n,p)
Inventory Description
Figurine, hollow, moulded, incised, applique, punctate human male seated
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1993
Artist
Teodora Blanco
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Santa Maria Atzompa
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 11.8 x 7 x 5.9 cm (4 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27400m
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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