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Object Number
993-24-20/27449
Display Title
Ceramic terra cotta three-piece water cooler
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tinajera, tinajara
Object Description
Ceramic terra cotta three-piece water cooler. consisting of female figurine, bowl and jar. (the bowl would contain wet sand to cool the water.)
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1993
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Tehuantepec
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 24.5 cm (2 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
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
Dealer
La Galleria
(1982)
Collector
Alice B. Melvin
(1982 - August 16, 1993)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(1982 - August 16, 1993)
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