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Object Number
993-24-20/27422
Display Title
Ceramic polychrome glazed bird figurine
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic polychrome glazed bird figurine, blue, brown red/brown on grey with floral motif. signed "toala /6/mexico".
Inventory Description
Figurine, hollow, moulded bird, polychrome painted floral designs
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1962-1963
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
/
<County>
/
Tonala
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 9.6 x 15 x 9.1 cm (3 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27422; Tonala, 6 / Mexico
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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