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Object Number
993-24-20/27459
Display Title
Ceramic black burnished snake figurine
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic black burnished snake figurine with floral design in white on black, beige/ brown underside.
Inventory Description
Figurine, hollow, moulded snake, buff on black floral design top, buff and
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1979
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
/
<County>
/
Tonala
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 28.6 x 7.4 x 4 cm (11 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27459; 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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