Cerdo Monstruoso (monstrous pig)
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- Creation
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Creator (Probable): Judas Tadeo SalauraDate: 1798
- Current Holder(s)
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Holder (Possible): Real Gabinete de Historia NaturalDate: From 1 Nov 1798 to present
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Related toLise C. Ruud, 'Six Monstrous Pigs: Animal Monsters and Museum Practices in the Eighteenth-Century El Real Gabinete de Historia Natural', in Liv Emma Thorsen, et. al. (eds), Animals on Display. 2013. pp. 15-36.
Description:Ruud notes that 'in the accompanying letter [from Salaura], this piglet was described as "a monster that a sow gave birth to, if it is of any interest." No response was sent to Salaura, and no note or memorandum about the pig from the museum has been kept.' (28)
