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A FUN AND UNUSUAL POTTERY PIGGY.
THIS FETISH IS A LARGE / OVERSIZE
GREAT AS A DOOR STOP
OR
COUNTER-TOP WHIMSICAL CHARACTER
HANDCRAFTED EFFIGY
A CURIO HAS UNIQUE TEXTURE
CIRCULAR LINES
RAISED HIGHER AND LOWER
OVER THE PORKERS BODY.
BLACK AND WHITE SPOTS LIKE
A JERSEY MILK COW OR HEREFORD.
HAND MADE
PRIMITIVE SWINE
MEASURES ABOUT 13" BY 7" BY 6.5"
SOME AGE,
BUT MAKER AND DATE OF CREATION ARE UNKNOWN.
GREAT DECOR FOR YOUR FARM OR RANCH.
KITSCH KITCHEN.
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FYI
Pigs, also called hogs or swine, are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. The nearest relatives of the swine family are the peccaries and hippopotamuses.
A pig has a snout for a nose, small eyes, and a small, curly tail. It has a thick body and short legs. There are four toes on each foot, with the longer, middle toes used for walking.
Pigs are omnivores, which means that they consume both plants and animals. Pigs will scavenge and have been known to eat any kind of food, including dead insects, worms, tree bark, rotting carcasses, excreta (including their own), garbage, and other pigs. In the wild, they are foraging animals, primarily eating leaves and grasses, roots, fruits and flowers. Occasionally, in captivity, pigs may eat their own young.
Pigs in religion
In ancient Egypt pigs were associated with Set, the rival to the sun god Horus. When Set fell into disfavor with the Egyptians swineherds were forbidden to enter temples.
In Hinduism the god Visnu took the form of a boar in order to save the earth from a demon who had dragged it to the bottom of the sea.
In ancient Greece, a sow was an appropriate sacrifice to Demeter and had been her favorite animal since she had been the Great Goddess of archaic times. Initiates at the Eleusinian Mysteries began by sacrificing a pig.
The pig is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. Believers in Chinese astrology associate each animal with certain personality traits. See: Pig (Zodiac).
The dietary laws of Judaism (Kashrut, adj. Kosher) and Islam (Halal) forbid the eating of flesh of swine or pork in any form, considering the pig to be an unclean animal (see taboo food and drink).
In Christianity pigs are associated with Saint Anthony, the patron saint of swineherds.
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