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Object Number
993-24-20/27495
Display Title
Ceramic animal (tlacacag) figurine
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tlacacag
Object Description
Ceramic animal (tlacacag) figurine, animal with young on its back
Inventory Description
Figurine, hollow, moulded zoomorphic figure with rwo smaller figures and m
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1993
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Puebla
/
<County>
/
Acatlan de Osorio
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 11.1 x 9.5 x 14.5 cm (4 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27495
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
Dealer
Marilyn Tamkin
(1979)
Collector
Alice B. Melvin
(1979 - August 16, 1993)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(1979 - August 16, 1993)
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| 993-24-20/27465A | Ceramic mottled green, glazed animal musician figurine: guitar. One of four. |
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| 993-24-20/27464C | Ceramic terra cotta creche figurines |
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| 993-24-20/27464B | Ceramic terra cotta creche figurines |
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