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Object Number
993-24-20/27468
Display Title
Ceramic polychrome bottle
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic polychrome glazed stoppered bottle in the shape of a woman with baby carried at her back; woman's head is stopper; green, blue, brown, cream; chip at neckline; stamped "Santa Fe de la Laguna. Mich./Made/in/Mexico" Probably part of a set with three ceramic green glazed beakers 993-24-20/27460a-c, and matching beaker 997-2-20/27590 (according to Alice Melvin, though State/Province and Creation Date are different for the latter)
Inventory Description
Bottle with stopper, short pedestal base, moulded human female body, mou
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1950-1959
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Michoacan
/
<County>
/
Santa Fe de La Laguna
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 15.6 x 15.6 cm (12 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27468a, 993-24-20/27468b; Made in Mexico / Santa Fe De La LaGuna / Mic
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 997-2-20/27590 | Ceramic cup, flat base, cylindrical body, flaring rim, orange, green, buff glaze |
Cup
|
Oaxaca
| |
| 993-24-20/27460B | Ceramic polychrome beaker |
Cup
|
Santa Fe de La Laguna
| |
| 993-24-20/27460A | Ceramic polychrome beaker |
Cup
|
Santa Fe de La Laguna
| |
| 993-24-20/27460C | Ceramic polychrome beaker |
Cup
|
Santa Fe de La Laguna
| |
| 995-29-10/73548 | Carved red canteen: "bear paw" motif |
Canteen
|
New Mexico
| |
| 24-48-60/D2355.6 | Beaker for kumiss |
Jar
|
Siberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2355.7 | Beaker for kumiss |
Jar
|
Siberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2355.5 | Beaker for kumiss |
Jar
|
Siberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2355.2 | Beaker for kumiss |
Jar
|
Siberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2355.3 | Beaker for kumiss |
Jar
|
Siberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2355.4 | Beaker for kumiss |
Jar
|
Siberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2354.2 | Large kumiss beaker |
Jar
|
Siberia
|