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Corpus Christi Dancer Figure
Corpus Christi Dancer Figure
Corpus Christi Dancer Figure
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Corpus Christi Dancer Figure

NameSculpture, Figure
Maker Olmos Family Workshop
Dateca. 1990
Place madePujilí, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, South America
MediumPlaster, paint, feathers
DimensionsOverall: 14 9/16 x 5 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (37 x 13 x 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Barbara Mauldin
Object numberA.2010.7.1
Collections
DescriptionSmall statue of a standing male dressed in white with a large gold apron and a wide gray cape with vertical stripes on the back. He wears a large gray headdress edged in salmon with three groups of colored feathers projecting from three red tubes at the top and another feather held in his hand. Stands on a square orange colored base.
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