DepartmentLatin America
Ferris Wheel
NameModel
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1965
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions20 1/16 × 8 7/8 × 6 1/4 in. (51 × 22.5 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.898
Object numberA.1979.3.898
DescriptionHand-built and moldmade, on slab are 11 figures, 12 are on the ferris wheel, brightly painted and white, the wheel does revolve.
