DepartmentEurope

Goat

NameAnimal

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeRUSSIA, U.S.S.R., Russia, Europe

MediumCeramic, Tempera Paint, Gold Leaf

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. (8 x 6.6 x 3.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.57.258.

Object numberA.1980.57.258

DescriptionHand-built ceramic sculpture of a goat. It is slip-coated with a chalk substance and painted with tempera paint. It is standing, painted white with bright green and orange dots, yellow horns with squares of gold leaf, black hooves, ears, forelock, tail, facial features, and a black and white goatee.