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Object Number
993-24-20/27456
Display Title
Ceramic polychrome bird (duck) bank
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic polychrome (blue +rose on cream) bird (duck) bank with enclosed coins.
Inventory Description
Figurine, bank, moulded swan with slit perforation on back, polychromw p
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1956-1959 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Puebla
/
<County>
/
Puebla
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 10.5 x 17 cm (5 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27456; 44, 10511 [underlined]
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
(1956-1959 - August 16, 1993)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(1956-1959 - August 16, 1993)
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