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Bamboo stand
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Object Number 993-24-20/27581B
Display Title Bamboo stand
Descriptions
Object Description Bamboo stand (b) for large jar with climbing armadillos (a). diameter 23 cm Bamboo stand not found 11/6/97 AWC. Bamboo stand found 10/7/98 AWC. no#, not on list? See p. 4 commentary
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca
Materials Bamboo
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
Dealer The Pear Tree
Collector Alice B. Melvin (August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (August 16, 1993)

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