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Tree of Dances
Tree of Dances
Tree of Dances
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Tree of Dances

NameSculpture
Maker Oscar Soteno Elias
Dateca. 2000
Place madeMetepec, Mexico, Mexico, North America
MediumClay, wire, paint
DimensionsOverall: 37 3/8 x 33 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (95 x 84 x 16 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.2008.74.418
DescriptionPolychrome "tree" with central wood "trunk" and bule crossbar at center. Background of leaves and flowers with interspersed masks, and dancer and musician figures. Dancers positioned across blue crossbar. Yellow and brown base with inscription.
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Darío Soteno Léon
1997
Copper wire basket
Elias Mshengu
ca. 2006
Male musician figures
Elias Curi
c. 1958
Male musician figures
Elias Curi
c. 1958
Male figure
Elias Curi
c. 1958
FIGURE GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
Manioc flour mill scene
Antonio Elias da Silva
1990s
Manioc flour mill
Elías Vitalino
Late 1990s - early 2000s
Cross with Festival Scene
Claudio Jiménez Quispe
ca. 1985
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