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Object Number
993-24-20/27538A
Display Title
Ceramic partially glazed deer figurine
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic partially glazed deer figurine. (one antler broken + replaced + one antler chipped. "chia" seed planter that grows in deer's body as fur. some believe that (they) were used for offerings in homes and alters and also in the "milpas" corn harvest among the natives that live along the amazon river. One of a pair.
Inventory Description
Ceramic figurine, deer, moulded, incised, green slip on head and antlers, remain
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1950-1959 ca.
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Santa Maria Atzompa
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 29.6 x 11 x 20.9 cm (11 5/8 x 4 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27538a; 45
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 993-24-20/27538B | Ceramic partially glazed deer figurine |
Figurine
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Santa Maria Atzompa
| |
| 993-24-20/27510 | Ceramic black on red unglazed chia seed planter |
Figurine
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Ameyaltepec?
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Figurine
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Bottle
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Peru
| |
| 995-29-10/73709 | Polychrome-on-off white Four Deer Dance Figures |
Figurine
|
New Mexico
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| 83-44-10/33040 | Antler fragments with grooves |
Utilized Antler
|
Sand Ridge
| |
| 82-62-10/29247 | Antler tools |
Utilized Antler
|
Shell heap
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Bone and antler fragments
| 83-58-10/30905 | Bone and antler fragments |
Shell heap
| ||
|
Image Not Available
for Cut deer's antlers.
| 83-44-10/33039 | Cut deer's antlers. |
Sand Ridge
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Image Not Available
for Bone tools
| 83-44-10/33041 | Bone tools |
Sand Ridge
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| 995-29-10/73494 | Deer kachina circular plaque of wood and cottonwood root |
Communication artifacts
|
Arizona
| |
| 82-62-10/29246 | Antler billet |
Utilized Antler
|
Shell heap
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