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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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