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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
Materials
Ceramic, Pigment
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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