Coin bank in pig form
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Chimborazo Kichua (attributed)
- Collector
- Gertrude Litto (Trudy Litto/Mrs. Frank A. Litto), Non-Indian, 1929-2017
- Frank A. Litto, Non-Indian, 1919-2017
- Previous owner
- Gertrude Litto (Trudy Litto/Mrs. Frank A. Litto), Non-Indian, 1929-2017
- Frank A. Litto, Non-Indian, 1919-2017
- Donor
- Gertrude Litto (Trudy Litto/Mrs. Frank A. Litto), Non-Indian, 1929-2017
- Frank A. Litto, Non-Indian, 1919-2017
- Collection History
- Collected between 1971 and 1972 by Gertrude "Trudy" Litto (1929-2017) and her husband Frank A. Litto (1919-2017) during fieldwork and research on South American ceramic production and marketing; donated to NMAI by Frank and Gertrude Litto in 2004.
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- Date created
- 1971-1972
- Catalog Number
- 26/3472
- Barcode
- 263472.000
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Coin bank in pig form
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, burnished
- Dimensions
- 14.7 x 8.2 x 9.7 cm
- Place
- PunÃn; Riobamba Canton; Chimborazo Province; Ecuador
- See related items
- Chimborazo Kichua
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_279623
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64fe95593-3907-46b8-8587-cac0b6af838f
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