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Object Number 993-24-20/27518
Display Title Ceramic blue, brown red + green on grey fish figurine, glazed.
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic blue, brown red + green on grey fish figurine, glazed. length 12.5
Inventory Description Figurine, hollow, moulded fish, polychrome floral glazed design
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco / <County> / Tonala
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 5 x 12.1 x 4.3 cm (1 15/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27518; W
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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