DepartmentLatin America

Animal

NameAnimal

Maker Simeon Galvan

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeTonala, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 2 15/16 x 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (7.5 x 19.5 x 13 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.460.

Object numberA.1979.5.460X

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionMold made ceramic sculptures in the shape of turtles. They are painted with "ramo" motif. Two have brown with white or grey flowers and one is white with black pattern. They are burnished and the head wobbles.

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