DepartmentLatin America
NOAH'S ARK
NameBoat, Model
Maker
Manuel Jimenez
(Mexican, 1919 - 2005)
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeArrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, Paint
DimensionsOther (Boat Model): 22 1/16 x 46 7/16 x 3 9/16 in. (56 x 118 x 9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.577V.
Object numberA.1979.5.577V
DescriptionNailed and sawn wood sculpture of a boat. It has a painted red lower compartment, black with red roof upper section, separate gang-plank, carved Noah figure on deck with vegetal fiber hair and beard, staff in left hand.
