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Object Number
993-24-20/27579
Display Title
Ceramic "queen" figurine holding a bird
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic "queen" figurine holding a bird. (which has been broken off + reattached )terra cotta on buff with animal + floral motif.
Inventory Description
Figurine of woman? with crown-like hat or headdress, holding bird, red and black painted designs of rabbits, birds, floral and other designs, bird mended, losses at crown and at base
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1979
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Guerrero
/
<County>
/
Ameyaltepec
Materials
Ceramic Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 65 x 15 x 14 cm (25 9/16 x 5 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
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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