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Object Number 993-24-20/27426
Display Title Ceramic redware black + white plate
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic redware black + white plate w/ symbols of tenotichlan (eagle w/ snake + cactus) motif. "petatillo" style (background with a very fine grid)
Inventory Description Dish, ring base, slightly flaring sides, straight rim, polychrome painte
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Artist Jose Bernabe Campechano
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco / <County> / Tonala
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 14.6 x 14.6 x 1.9 cm (5 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27426; Jose / Bernabe, C / Tonala Jalisco / 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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