Images(4)

DepartmentLatin America

Flask

NameBottle

Maker Mamerto Sanchez Cardenas (Peruvian, born 1942)

Datec. 1958

Place madeQuinua, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumCeramic, slip

Dimensions14 × 3 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (35.56 × 8.89 × 9.525 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.444X

Object numberA.1979.32.444X

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionHand-built, red-brown, brown and off-white for details and decorations. Top of hat one ch is opening of flask. Each wears a jacket, 7 have laces on top shoes. 3 flutes, 3 horns, one saxophone, one cymbal and one drum.

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Musicians

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1930-1950

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Flute (quena)

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