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Lion Bank
Lion Bank
Lion Bank
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Lion Bank

NameBank
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeRIO BALSAS AREA, GUERRERO, MEXICO, NORTH AMERICA
MediumCeramic, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/4 x 11 7/16 x 5 1/8 in. (26 x 29 x 13 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.21.
Object numberA.1979.6.21
DescriptionLow-fired ceramic bank in the shape of a lion. It is hand-built, painted, natural with red-brown and black wavy painted lines for mane as well as for floral and geometric decoration.
Figure
CA 1960, STAFF
Lion
CA 1960, STAFF
Lion
CA 1960, STAFF
Figure, Fantasy
CA 1960, STAFF
Plate
CA 1960, STAFF
Demon
c. 1965
Lion
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE
CA 1945, STAFF
Figure
c. 1960
Angel
c. 1960