Helmets with Animals and People

NameHat or Helmet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeCelaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, North America

Mediumpapier-mâché, paint

DimensionsDog with black spots: 9 1/4 × 7 × 9 1/2 in. (23.495 × 17.78 × 24.13 cm)
Rooster: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (24.13 × 19.05 × 21.59 cm)
Red Bird: 9 1/2 × 7 × 9 in. (24.13 × 17.78 × 22.86 cm)
Red Helmet Lady: 9 1/8 × 5 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (23.1775 × 14.2875 × 24.13 cm)
Man with beard: 9 3/4 × 6 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (24.765 × 15.875 × 23.1775 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Girard Foundation Collection

Object numberA.1979.3.356X

DescriptionBrightly painted, papier-mache, helmet style, topped with head of either bird, dog, man or woman.
a. Chicken/Rooster
b. White Bird
c. Woman with Red
d. Woman with Purple
e. Spotted Dog
f. Man with Crown/King
g. Red bird