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Object Number
993-24-20/27547A
Display Title
Ceramic sow candlestick figurine+ piglets
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic red on brown burnished sow candlestick + 3 unattached nursing piglets. a: mother with initialls "v.m.g."
Inventory Description
Figurine, moulded, incised, applique female pig, candleholder on back, b
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1993
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Puebla
/
<County>
/
Acatlan de Osorio
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 32.7 x 23.5 cm (5 1/8 x 12 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27547a; (V.M.G.)
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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