Images(2)

DepartmentLatin America

Male figure

NameFigure; Sculpture

Maker Elias Curi

Datec. 1958

Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumStone (huamanga), paint, varnish

Dimensions5 11/16 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (14.5 × 5.7 × 2.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.841

Object numberA.1979.32.841

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionCarved huamanga stone figure of a male standing on a rock, atop a white base with green half circles. Wears orange pants and hat, yellow socks, shirt and vest, and black shoulder pouch across shoulder.

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