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Object Number 995-22-30/11769
Display Title Miniature ceramic piggybank
Descriptions
Object Description Colonial style white ceramic piggybank with applied handle, tail, and ears; incised nostrils and mouth; decorated with orange, gray, and black features and cross-hatching with clear glaze. Illegible word above tail (name?). 3 chipped feet.
Inventory Description Figurine, ceramic pig, black/orange on cream decoration, slit on back, loop ha
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1890 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Arequipa Region / Arequipa Province / Arequipa
Dimensions Overall: 5.8 x 3.3 x 5.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Illegible word above tail (name?); 995-22-30/11769
Provenance
Collector Eliza Thurston Butts (1890 ca.)
Donor Ellen Frothingham Dunnell (1/17/95)

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