DepartmentLatin America
GATE, MODEL
NameGate, Model
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
DateCA 1955, STAFF
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 12 3/16 in. (35 x 50 x 31 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.797
Object numberA.1979.3.797
DescriptionA ceramic model of a cemetary gate. The gate is tri-arched with two finals (one missing) semi-circular decoration at top on long slab base. Incised paving stone pattern, all painted white. Martinez workshop.
