DepartmentLatin America
FIGURE AND ANIMAL
NameFigure Group
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 14 x 9 7/16 x 4 in. (35.5 x 24 x 10.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.805.
Object numberA.1979.3.805
DescriptionHand-built ceramic sculpture of a boy and a girl standing back to back and surrounded by animals. The two are in the center and there are peacocks and dogs on either side of them. Above their heads, there is another child standing with two dogs. The white ceramic is painted with multiple colors. Martinez workshop.
Late 18th to early 19th century
Rosalia Tineo Torres
2017
ca.1937, Donor
CA 1965, STAFF
