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Miniature ceramic piggybank
Miniature ceramic piggybank
Object Number 995-22-30/11770
Display Title Miniature ceramic piggybank
Descriptions
Object Description Colonial style white ceramic piggybank with applied tail and ears; decorated with orange, gray, and black features and design with clear glaze. Left ear broken.
Inventory Description Figurine, ceramic pig, black, yellow, orange on cream decoration, slit on back,
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1890 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Arequipa Region / Arequipa Province / Arequipa
Materials Ceramic, Glaze
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 3.4 x 5.1 cm (1 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-22-30/11770
Provenance
Collector Eliza Thurston Butts (1890 ca.)
Donor Ellen Frothingham Dunnell (1/17/95)

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