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Object Number 993-24-20/27442B
Display Title Ceramic polychrome salt +pepper shaker
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic polychrome rooster and hen salt + pepper shakers, yellow, brown, + black. marked "mexico".
Inventory Description Ceramic figurine, shaker, hollow, moulded rooster, red and yellow on brown paint
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1940-1949
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Michoacan
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 5.8 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27442b
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 (1940-1949 - August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (1940-1949 - August 16, 1993)

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