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Object Number 993-24-20/27489A
Display Title Ceramic black burnished dove figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic black burnished dove figurine. Signed "dona rosa/ sb coyotepec/oaxaca mexico" One of three
Inventory Description Figurine, hollow, moulded, incised, punctate bird, dove, burnished, blac
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Artist Dona Rosa Nieto
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca / <County> / San Bartolo Coyotepec
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17 x 17.4 cm (5 x 6 11/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27489a
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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