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Object Number
993-24-20/27565
Display Title
Ceramic polychrome mother + child candlestick
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic polychrome mother + child candlestick various shades of lavendar + purple on white.
Inventory Description
Figurine, hollow, moulded female, standing, holding child, wearing baske
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: 9.2 x 8 x 6.4 cm (3 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27565; I3
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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