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Object Number 993-24-20/27462B
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 "Alice" Probably belonged to Melvin 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: 9.1 x 14 x 6.6 cm (3 9/16 x 5 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27462b; Alice
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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