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Object Number 993-24-20/27505
Display Title Ceramic owl figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic owl figurine, glazed black + brown on grey/green w/ deer + plant motif on black.
Inventory Description Figurine, hollow, moulded owl, polychrome painted floral and deer designs,
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1986-1989
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco / <County> / Tlaquepaque
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 15.9 x 21 x 12.7 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 5 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27505; illegible sticker
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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