DepartmentLatin America

Figure, drummer

NameFigure

Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

Datec. 1958

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, paint

Dimensions5 × 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (12.7 × 6 × 4.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.884

Object numberA.1981.38.884

DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body, painted. Standing figure has black hair and eyes. He wears a red shirt with green-blue trim, blue pants with white stripe along sides with black dots. Black shoes. He has a brown strap a cross right shoulder holding a drum. In right hand a yellow drum stick.