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Object Number
993-24-20/27526
Display Title
Ceramic animal (tlacacag) figurine
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tlacacag
Object Description
Ceramic animal (tlacacag) figurine, tail & right front leg broken + repaired; surmounted by 3 small animals, one of which is attached to curvilinear design. overall length 34 cm.
Inventory Description
Figurine, hollow, moulded and perforated standing zoomorphic figure with
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1979 ca.
Artist
Heron Martinez Mendoza
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Puebla
/
<County>
/
Acatlan de Osorio
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 33.7 x 15.5 cm (9 7/16 x 13 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27526
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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