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Object Number
993-24-20/27462A
Display Title
Polychrome burnished rabbit figurine
Descriptions
Object Description
Polychrome burnished rabbit figurine (one of pair) brown, white yellow + black on buff. Marked in pencil "Marny"? Probably belonged to Melvin's sister Mary when a child
Inventory Description
Figurine, hollow, moulded rabbit, polychrome painted designs
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1950-1959 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
/
<County>
/
Tonala
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 9.4 x 14 x 6.4 cm (3 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Signed in pencil "Marny"?; 993-24-20/27462a; Meamy; $10.00
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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