DepartmentLatin America
Figure, woman with hands on head and bird on chest
NameFigure
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.
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
