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Object Number 993-24-20/27542
Display Title Ceramic polychrome glazed sun and devil effigy whistle
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic polychrome glazed sun and devil effigy whistle. (rays broken off.)
Inventory Description Figurine, whistle, moulded, punctate and applique sun figure and reclining c
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Michoacan / <County> / Ocumicho
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 12.8 x 15 cm (5 1/8 x 5 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 993-24-20/27542
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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