DepartmentLatin America
FIGURE GROUP
NameFigure Group
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 17 11/16 x 13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in. (45 x 35 x 27.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.752.
Object numberA.1979.3.752
DescriptionA ceramic nativity scene, or Nacimiento, where there is a shed on top of a hill. Figures are attached, climbing up to the nativity. The holy family is on top of the hill in the shed and birds hang from the shed roof. Martinez Workshop.CA 1965, STAFF
CA 1960, STAFF