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Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

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Maker Martha Moreles (born 1926)
CulturePurépecha
Date1982
Place madeURUAPAN, Michoacan, Mexico, North America
MediumFiber
DimensionsOverall with Base: 4 15/16 × 2 9/16 × 4 1/8 in. (12.5 × 6.5 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of The Barthelemy Family in Memory of Ricardo Barthelemy, A.1989.2.7
Object numberA.1989.2.7
DescriptionOrnament Maker figure. Seated with black hair, mustache, and goatee. Straw hat pink shirt, white pants; brown, red, and white serape; sandals. Figure is plaiting palm fronds into ornaments. Three finished, one in hands, palm fronds on figure's right.
Depicts ornament making for Palm Sunday.

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Martha Moreles
1982
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Martha Moreles
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Martha Moreles
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Martha Moreles
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Martha Moreles
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Martha Moreles
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Canaculas Dance
Martha Moreles
1982
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Martha Moreles
1982
Costume, doll
Martha Moreles
1982
Retablo
Pedro Antonio Fresquis
"Dance of the Moors"
Martha Moreles
1982
"Dance of the Moors"
Martha Moreles
1982