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Object Number
2002.6.3
Display Title
Cat figure, broken and repaired
Descriptions
Object Description
Cat figure; badly broken, poorly repaired; unglazed tan clay with brown slip, scraped away to make spotted pattern; square pink eyes
Inventory Description
Sculpture, cat figure, tan on brown, unglazed, perforated, mended, broken
Classification
- Statue
Department
Ethnographic
Date
20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
Oaxaca
Materials
Terra cotta
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 20 x 9 cm (8 7/16 x 7 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2002.6.3; 104.2 (crossed out)
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
(1952 - 2/16/02)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(1952 - 2/16/02)
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