Images(3)

DepartmentLatin America

Ekeko Figure

NameFigure

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1975

Place madeLa Paz, Bolivia, South America

MediumPlaster, paint, metal, plastic, fabric, foodstuffs

Dimensions14 15/16 × 15 3/8 × 11 13/16 in. (38 × 39 × 30 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.1980.74.1V

Object numberA.1980.74.1V

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionStanding male figure with outstretched arms, black hair, purple pants, black sandals. Around neck are many ornaments. Bags of pasta, confetti, little balls, and yarn, pink house and cheese grater. Moldmade, painted, assembled

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Ekeko Figure

Artist Not Recorded

Mid-20th century

Ekeko Figure

Artist Not Recorded

ca. 1976

Miniature goods for Ekeko

Artist Not Recorded

1974

Pair of Dolls

Artist Not Recorded

c. 1958

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Martha Moreles

1982

Poondaro Pachela

Ramli Bai

May 1979

Habbayat bracelet ("little seeds" bracelet)

Late 19th century

Figure, man holding satchel

Herón Martínez Mendoza

CA 1960, STAFF

Market Figure Group

Artist Not Recorded

1974

Rango topler pachela

Ramli Bai

May 1979

Men's formal winter outfit for tea ceremony

ca. 1980

Ring

Artist Not Recorded