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Object Number 993-24-20/27440B
Display Title Ceramic miniature bird figurine or vessel
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic miniature animal figurines +vessels (1 of 13). b: bird figurine or vessel.
Inventory Description Figurine, hollow, moulded and incised bird on pedestal base, green glaze
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca / <County> / <City> / Santa Maria Atzompa
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 5.2 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm (2 1/16 x 2 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27440b
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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Ceramic miniature bird figurine or vessel
993-24-20/27440M Ceramic miniature bird figurine or vessel
Figurine
Santa Maria Atzompa
Ceramic miniature bird figurine or vessel
993-24-20/27440C Ceramic miniature bird figurine or vessel
Figurine
Santa Maria Atzompa
Ceramic miniature bird figurine or vessel
993-24-20/27440A Ceramic miniature bird figurine or vessel
Figurine
Santa Maria Atzompa
Ceramic miniature bird figurine or vessel
993-24-20/27440D Ceramic miniature bird figurine or vessel
Figurine
Santa Maria Atzompa
Ceramic miniature quadruped
993-24-20/27440L Ceramic miniature quadruped
Figurine
Santa Maria Atzompa
Ceramic miniature horse or donkey
993-24-20/27440K Ceramic miniature horse or donkey
Figurine
Santa Maria Atzompa
Ceramic miniature quadruped
993-24-20/27440J Ceramic miniature quadruped
Figurine
Santa Maria Atzompa
Ceramic stoneware polychrome bird figurine
993-24-20/27555A Ceramic stoneware polychrome bird figurine
Figurine
Tonala
Ceramic miniature footed cup
993-24-20/27440G Ceramic miniature footed cup
Cup
Santa Maria Atzompa
Ceramic polychrome miniatures
993-24-20/27401.1 Ceramic polychrome miniatures
Figurine
Puebla
Ceramic polychrome bird figurine
993-24-20/27379B Ceramic polychrome bird figurine
Figurine
Tonala
Ceramic miniature handled vessel
993-24-20/27440F Ceramic miniature handled vessel
Vase
Santa Maria Atzompa