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Object Number
993-24-20/27455A
Display Title
Ceramic unglazed jar with bamboo support ring
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic brown on red unglazed 3 handled jar with 3-strand rope handle (a) + bamboo support ring (b).
Inventory Description
Jar, orange, black decoration, three handles, rope wrapped, flaring rim
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1992
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Chiapas
/
<County>
/
Amatenango de valle
Materials
Ceramic, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 30 x 29 cm (12 3/16 x 11 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27455a
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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