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Object Number
2001.16.3
Display Title
Ceramic polychrome jar with raised mermaid motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic polychrome jar with raised mermaid motif; rim chips, mermaid nose chips; small paper label, "Hecho en Mexico"
Inventory Description
Jar, ceramic, polychrome, glazed, applied and incised mermaid motif
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Date
20th century
Artist
Delores Porras
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Santa Maria Atzompa
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 33.7 x 32 x 32 cm (13 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Delores Porras; Hecho en Mexico; 2001.16.3; Melvin 2.4
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
(8/13/01)
Dealer
Peabody Museum Shop
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(8/13/01)
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