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Object Number 993-24-20/27469
Display Title Ceramic unglazed brown + red on cream quadruped bank
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic unglazed brown + red on cream quadruped bank.
Inventory Description Figurine, bank, hollow, moulded zoomorphic figure, incised mouth, 1 slit
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1980-1989
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Guerrero / <County> / Ameyaltepec
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 17.4 x 15 x 10 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Price label, "CCI/DF/CHILAPA/OBTP"; 993-24-20/27469
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 (1980-1989 - August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (1980-1989 - August 16, 1993)

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