Devil and serpent figure

NameFIGURE GROUP, FANTASY

CulturePurépecha; Tarascan

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeOcumicho, Michoacán, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 x 4 9/16 x 1 15/16 in. (22.3 x 11.6 x 5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.219.

Object numberA.1979.3.219

DescriptionPainted, red tree trunk with black devil and serpent at top, legs of another bodyless figure protrudes from knothole.

Darío Soteno Léon

1997

Artist Not Recorded

ca 1958

CA 1965, STAFF

CA 1965, STAFF

CA 1965, STAFF

CA 1960, STAFF

María del Refugio Reyes Hernandez

1997

CA 1960, STAFF

Luis Tapia

1991

CA 1965, STAFF

George López

ca. 1970's

CA 1965, STAFF