Pig / Artist Unknown, India
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.167
- Title
- Pig
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- Object Creation Date
- 3rd Century BC
- Object Creation Place
- Asia
- India
- Maurya
- Creation Place 1
- Asia
- Creation Place 2
- India
- Creation Place 4
- Maurya
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
- Period
- Kushan
- Dimensions
- 6.99 cm x 3.81 cm x 2.86 cm (2 3/4 in. x 1 1/2 in. x 1 1/8 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- figure
- Physical Description
- A small figurine of a pig with its mouth open. It is standing with four legs apart and the ears are down.
- Secondary Keywords
- agricultural complexes
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- built complexes and districts
- complexes
- complexes by function
- mammals
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2012/2.167
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.167/2012_2_167.tif
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"Pig; Artist Unknown, India." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.167/2012_2_167.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.