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Acrobat figures
Acrobat figures
Acrobat figures
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Acrobat figures

NameFigure
CulturePurépecha; Tarascan
DateCA 1965, STAFF
Place madeOcumicho, Michoacán, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 x 12 3/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.5 x 31 x 11.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.225X
Object numberA.1979.3.225X
DescriptionPainted, acrobats with purple and green costumes, brown base, hand formed.
Dancer figures
CA 1965, STAFF
Temple Hanging (Pachedi).  Detail shown in plate 49.
Artist unrecorded
17th century
Devil figure
CA 1965, STAFF
Women figures
CA 1965, STAFF
Dance teacher and students
Flávio Alves Gomes
2003
Devil figures
CA 1960, STAFF
Mermaid devil figures
CA 1965, STAFF
King figures
CA 1965, STAFF
Ghoul figures
CA 1960, STAFF
Figure
Teodora Blanco
c. 1965