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DepartmentLatin America

Figure, woman with hands on head and bird on chest

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Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

Datec. 1958

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, paint

Dimensions4 5/8 × 2 5/16 × 1 7/8 in. (11.7 × 5.8 × 4.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.889

Object numberA.1981.38.889

DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body, painted. Standing. Black hair and eyes, white face and hands, which hold blue scarf overhead. Pink shirt. White skirt with blue, green, pink, and black designs. Pink and white bird with blue beak and tail, perched on bosom.

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