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Object Number
993-24-20/27425
Display Title
Ceramic Polychrome burnished snail figurine
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic Polychrome burnished snail figurine, black, brown, buff, white .
Inventory Description
Figurine, hollow, moulded and incised snail, polychrome painted floral des
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1950-1959
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Santa Maria Atzompa
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 8.9 x 21.4 x 7.2 cm (3 1/2 x 8 7/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27425
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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