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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 993-24-20/27489B | Ceramic black burnished dove figurine |
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| |
| 993-24-20/27489C | Ceramic black burnished dove figurine |
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|
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| |
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|
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| 997-2-20/27592B | Ceramic burnished dove figurine |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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