Images(2)

DepartmentLatin America

Bull

NameSculpture

Maker Mamerto Sanchez Cardenas (Peruvian, born 1942)

Datec. 1958

Place madeQuinua, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumCeramic, slip

Dimensions3 3/8 × 6 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (8.6 × 16.7 × 11.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.482

Object numberA.1979.32.482

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionBull with spotted body, striped face, crosshatched legs stands, with begining kneel on front legs, on striped, slab built rectangular base.

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