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Object Number
993-24-20/27556
Display Title
Ceramic blackware bat-head effigy figurine, pre-columbian style
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic blackware bat-head effigy figurine, pre-columbian style
Inventory Description
Figurine, moulded, punctate, incised and applique bat head, tongue out,
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1952 ca.
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Mitla
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 5.5 x 10 cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27556
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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