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Object Number 993-24-20/27430
Display Title Ceramic black burnished mermaid playing guitar; vase or candlestick?
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic black burnished mermaid playing guitar; vase or candlestick?
Inventory Description Figurine, hollow, moulded and incised mermaid playing stringed instrument,
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca / <County> / San Bartolo Coyotepec
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 25.6 x 19.5 x 11 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27430
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
Provenance Unknown
Collector Alice B. Melvin (August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (August 16, 1993)

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