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Object Number 993-24-20/27491
Display Title Ceramic polychrome car with driver figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic polychrome car with driver figurine; purple and cream colored car with floral design. 27x13x14.
Inventory Description Ceramic sculpture, moulded car, hollow, with driver and steering wheel, polychro
Classification
  • Art 3-D
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Michoacan / <County> / Ocumicho
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 27.4 x 14 cm (5 7/8 x 10 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27491
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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