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Object Number
993-24-20/27517
Display Title
Ceramic bells with thread-attached stoppers
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic black burnished crossed bells with thread-attached stoppers (one missing).
Inventory Description
Bell, 4 chambers, 3 clappers affixed with cotton thread, perforated, bla
Classification
- Unclassified
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1993
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
San Bartolo Coyotepec
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 15.2 x 15 x 6.4 cm (6 x 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27517
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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