DepartmentLatin America

Ekeko Figure

NameFigure

Artist Artist unrecorded

DateMid-20th century

Place madeLa Paz, Bolivia, South America

MediumPlaster, paint, metal, plastic, fabric, foodstuffs

Dimensions6 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 15/16 in. (16.5 × 16.5 × 2.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.2.185X

Object numberA.1980.2.185X

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionMiniature figures of mustached men with blue eyes wearing andean knit caps, and loaded down with small packages of real foodstuffs, etc. Four figures, one in blue cap, one in yellow, one in green and one in pink. Moldmade, painted.

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