DepartmentLatin America

Salt and pepper shakers

NameSalt and pepper shakers

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1970s

Place madeMexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America

MediumMetal (silver)

Dimensions1 9/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (3.9 × 2.9 × 3.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Patricia M. Newman, A.2010.84.24a-d

Object numberA.2010.84.24a-d

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionPair of silver salt and pepper shakers in form of sleeping figures with sombreros. a). and c). are crouching figures with heads down, rounded knees, incised toes. b). and d). are removable sombreros with pierced holes in the crowns of the hats.