figurine
- Museum number
- Am1988,08.397
- Description
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Figurine; made of painted and varnished pottery; circular base, painted green on top, red around edge; pig painted white with pink accents, lying upside down on base next to pot painted black outside, copper inside, wire loop handles either side; man wearing yellow sombrero, pink shirt with white dots, brown trousers, silver knife with blood on the end in right hand.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 16 centimetres
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Width: 11.50 centimetres
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Depth: 9 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Figurines such as these are made for use in nativity scenes (nacimiento in Spanish).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1988
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1988,08.397