DepartmentLatin America

Xochitl Quetzalli

NameSculpture

Maker Carlomagno Pedro Martinez

Datec. 1995

Place madeSan Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumBlackware ceramic, wire

Dimensions14 1/4 × 11 × 6 3/4 in. (36.195 × 27.94 × 17.145 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, FA.2008.74.419

Object numberFA.2008.74.419

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionBlack ceramic seated skeleton figure with butterfly wings, multiple radiant forms, flowers and a large headdress with bat on top. Some radiant forms broken off on proper bottom left front.

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