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Object Number 993-24-20/27551
Display Title Ceramic burnished redware horse figurine.
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic burnished redware horse figurine. incised mane + eyes.
Inventory Description Figurine, moulded and incised horse, hollow, red slip, fire clouded, slip
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1950-1959
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca / <County> / <City> / Santa Maria Atzompa
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 17.5 x 21.5 x 5.6 cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27551; 20
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 (1950-1959 - August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (1950-1959 - August 16, 1993)

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