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Figure, guitar player
Figure, guitar player
Figure, guitar player
DepartmentLatin America

Figure, guitar player

NameFigure
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions5 1/8 × 2 5/16 × 1 7/16 in. (13 × 5.8 × 3.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.860
Object numberA.1981.38.860
DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body, painted. Standing, on blue base. Black hair, red peaked cap on back of head, white face, neck, hands, pink shirt trimmed in black. Yellow pants, white socks, black shoes, holds and strums blue guitar.
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Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
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