Posankka
Sign in to savePosankka () is a statue located in Turku, Finland. The statue, which is located near the campus area of the University of Turku and the Turku Student Village, represents a hybrid between a marzipan pig ("possu") and a rubber duck ("ankka"). It is a pink animal with a duck's lower body and a pig's head.
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- Instance of
- sculpture
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Turku
- Owned by
- Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art
- Material used
- fibre-reinforced plastic
- Creator
- Alvar Gullichsen
- Location
- Turku Student Village
- Image
- Studentbostäder och Posankka Åbo.jpg
- Height
- 5
- Width
- 4.35
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- publication date
- 1999-00-00
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Posankka () is a statue located in Turku, Finland. The statue, which is located near the campus area of the University of Turku and the Turku Student Village, represents a hybrid between a marzipan pig ("possu") and a rubber duck ("ankka"). It is a pink animal with a duck's lower body and a pig's head.
The statue was designed by Alvar Gullichsen in 1999 when it was placed floating in the Aurajoki river in Turku. The statue has stood at its current location since 2001.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Posankka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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