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.
