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Object Number 997-2-20/27588
Display Title Ceramic burnished ox figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic burnished ox figurine. signed " solis/ mexico" on base
Inventory Description Figurine, moulded ox, hollow, perforated at base, blue, buff, red and bl
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960-1969 ca.
Artist Solis
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco / <County> / Tonala
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 5.2 x 6.2 x 2.5 cm (2 1/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 997-2-20/27588; Mexico; Solis
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 (1960-1969 - 4/20/95)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (1960-1969 - 4/20/95)

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