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Object Number 993-24-20/27447
Display Title Ceramic black burnished frog planter
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic black burnished planter in the shape of a frog. stamped "mexico"
Inventory Description Bowl, planter?, frog shape with back opening, incised, burnished, sculpted
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca
Dimensions Overall: 23.5 x 28.1 x 21 cm (9 1/4 x 11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27447; 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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