DepartmentLatin America
Figure, woman with bird on head
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 11/16 in. (13 × 5.8 × 4.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.875
Object numberA.1981.38.875
DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body, painted. Standing. Black hair with two braids, white face and hands. Blue shirt with red trim, yellow flower at mid-riff. Red hat with white, yellow, and blue bird on top.Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958