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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
ceramic; paper
Catalogue Number
108.05.1027
Description
Black ceramic pig, standing up, wearing a suit with a red bowtie. The pig is wearing a yellowish flat-topped hat. The pig is holding a rectangle with a paper sticker with “ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE BANFF CANADA” on it. The pig has a slot in the back of it’s head for the insertion of money, a…
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Title
Still Bank
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
ceramic; paper
Dimensions
16.1 x 7.8 x 9.6 cm
Description
Black ceramic pig, standing up, wearing a suit with a red bowtie. The pig is wearing a yellowish flat-topped hat. The pig is holding a rectangle with a paper sticker with “ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE BANFF CANADA” on it. The pig has a slot in the back of it’s head for the insertion of money, and the head comes off the body at the neck. There is a price sticker attached to the bottom of the feet “BANFF Variety Shop $1.25.”
Subject
households
animals, pigs
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
currency
Credit
Gift of Bertha Verkuil Davis, Calgary, 2003
Catalogue Number
108.05.1027
Images
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