Ornament

Museum number:

3-31507

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030031507

Alternate number:

JP-851 (previous number)

Accession number:

Acc.4777

Description:

CERAMIC PIG ORNAMENT: Small ornament in the form of a pig, painted blue and decorated with white flowers, leaves, crosshatching, and hash marks. Mouth and nostrils are red. A wire loop is embedded in the back of the pig for hanging.

Donor:

John Paul

Collection place:

Mexico

Collector:

John Paul

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Ornaments (object genre)

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

February 24, 2011

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area