DepartmentLatin America

Bank

NameBank

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeTlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 x 9 13/16 x 4 1/2 in. (23.5 x 25 x 11.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.240X.

Object numberA.1979.5.240X

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionHand-built ceramic banks in the shape of an animal with human heads. They are painted, and varnished. One has animal ears, and all have 4-legged bodies; carries stool, kitchen pottery on back; one yellow, one pink, one green; all on slab bases.