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Object Number
993-24-20/27532
Display Title
Ceramic black pig bank
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic black pig bank incised with white decoration with enclosed coins; burnished; "Early" Oaxaca?
Inventory Description
Ceramic figurine, piggy bank, moulded/incised, 4 legs, rounded body, 1 strap h
Classification
- Art 3-D
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1956-1959 ca.
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 13.3 x 15.1 x 12 cm (5 1/4 x 5 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27532; 41
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
(1956-1959 ca. - August 16, 1993)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(1956-1959 ca. - August 16, 1993)
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