Coin bank

Museum number:
3-30603
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
226 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4779
Description:
Ceramic figure of a mythical beast in the form of a coin bank. A yellow painted quadruped, with a lizard's tail, stubby red and green wings, and a round head which features multiple rows of pointed teeth. Small blue eyes are atop the head and green nostrils are just above the upper teeth. Red and blue paint have been splattered across most of the yellow body.
Donor:
Steve Vietti
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Arthur B. Waugh Jr. and Richard Vietti
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
September 29, 2009
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 24 centimeters and length 36 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Coin bank, accession number 3-30603, described as Ceramic figure of a mythical beast in the form of a coin bank. A yellow painted quadruped, with a lizard's tail, stubby red and green wings, and a round head which features multiple rows of pointed teeth. Small blue eyes are atop the head and green nostrils are just above the upper teeth. Red and blue paint have been splattered across most of the yellow body.

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