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Object Number 993-24-20/27531
Display Title Ceramic polychrome courting figures with devil
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic polychrome courting figures with devil.
Inventory Description Ceramic figurine, 2 moulded and incised human figures w/ 1 anthropomorphic figur
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Michoacan / <County> / Ocumicho
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 14.9 x 10 x 15.8 cm (5 7/8 x 3 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27531
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 (1990 - August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (1990 - August 16, 1993)

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