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Object Number 993-24-20/27535
Display Title Ceramic "flight into egypt" figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic brown on brown burnished "flight into egypt" figurine with wire attached bird. length 23.5. Attributed to Hernan Martinez Mendoza.
Inventory Description Ceramic figurine, moulded/punctate horse figure carrying 3 human figures, bird
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Artist Heron Martinez Mendoza
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Puebla / <County> / Acatlan de Osorio
Dimensions Overall: 27.6 x 11 x 22 cm (10 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Price label, "FONART MEXICO 21AQ YHASPS"; 993-24-20/27535; FONART / Mexico / 21AQ / YHASPS / $110.
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 (August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (August 16, 1993)

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