DepartmentLatin America
Pieta
NameFigure group
Maker
Leoncio Tineo Ochoa
(Peruvian, 1924 - 1996)
Datec. 1958
Place madeHuanta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumCeramic, slip
Dimensions12 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. (32 × 19 × 11.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.431
Object numberA.1979.32.431
DescriptionHand-built. Tan clay with medium brown slip decoration. Draped crucifix. Bleeding Christ on knee of one of two women, who has halo and mantle. Joined figures form base. Incised detail for the eyes, mouth, beard. // Marked "Tineo -Piedad"
