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Object Number 993-24-20/27483
Display Title Ceramic black burnished rooster figurine (beak broken + re- attached)
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic black burnished rooster figurine (beak broken + re- attached) from dona rosa's workshop, signed "dona rosa/ s b coyotepec/ oaxaca/ mexico"
Inventory Description Figurine, hollow, moulded and incised rooster on pedestal base, blackwar
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1980 or earlier
Artist Dona Rosa Nieto
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca / <County> / San Bartolo Coyotepec
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 27.1 x 19.6 x 10.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27483; Dona Rosa / SB Coyotepec / Oaxaca / 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
Donor Alice B. Melvin (August 16, 1993)

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