DepartmentLatin America
Dragon or Alebrije
NamePapier-mache sculpture
Maker
Pedro Linares
(1906 - 1992)
Datec. 1960 - 1965
Place madeDistrito Federal, Mexico, North America
Mediumpapier-mache
Dimensions14 9/16 in. (37 cm)
Other (Hight = feet to horn, W= across wings, D= nose to tail): 17 1/2 × 20 × 30 in. (44.4501 × 50.8001 × 76.2002 cm)
Other (Hight = feet to horn, W= across wings, D= nose to tail): 17 1/2 × 20 × 30 in. (44.4501 × 50.8001 × 76.2002 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, FA.1973.83.10
Object numberFA.1973.83.10
DescriptionHorned, fang-toothed, and winged dragon, painted red and yellow. Body is primarily red, with black tear-shaped patterns all-over. Has four clawed legs.
