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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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