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Object Number 993-24-20/27381
Display Title Standing dog figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic red & brown on buff burnished standing dog figurine.
Inventory Description Figurine, moulded, incised and punctate standing dog, red and brown on buff
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1993
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Guerrero / <County> / Ameyaltepec
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 11.2 x 5.6 cm (3 3/8 x 4 7/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27381
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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