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DepartmentLatin America

Devil figure

NameFigure, Fantasy
CulturePurépecha; Tarascan
Datec. 1960
Place madeOcumicho, Michoacán, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions8 7/8 × 12 × 3 3/8 in. (22.5 × 30.5 × 8.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.216X
Object numberA.1979.3.216X
DescriptionPainted, standing, some with wings, some holding things in hands.
FIGURE GROUP
CA 1960, STAFF
Figure, woman holding bird
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Devil figures
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE, FANTASY
CA 1960, STAFF
Figure, woman with bird on head
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
FIGURE, FANTASY
CA 1965, STAFF
Tramp art miniature dresser
Artist Not Recorded
late 19th-early 20th Century
Devil
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1960
FIGURE, FANTASY
CA 1965, STAFF
FIGURE, FANTASY
CA 1960, STAFF