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: 6 11/16 x 6 1/8 x 3 9/16 in. (17 x 15.6 x 9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.768X.
Object numberA.1979.3.768X
DescriptionHand-built ceramic sculptures of village scenes. There is a scene of a figure milking a cow, another of a boy riding a bull, and a final scene of a boy with a dog. There are numerous animals on each scene, especially birds.
Jesús Urbano Cardenas
c. 1985
