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Figure, woman with raised arm holding bird
Figure, woman with raised arm holding bird
Figure, woman with raised arm holding bird
DepartmentLatin America

Figure, woman with raised arm holding bird

NameFigure
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions4 1/2 × 2 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (11.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.838
Object numberA.1981.38.838
DescriptionMold made feet, pinched, hand-built, painted. Standing women; long, bell-shaped skirt forms base. Holds white and blue dove-like bird in left arm; right hand held up. Pink shirt; white skirt with multicolor stripes going horizontally and slanting.
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