DepartmentLatin America

ANIMAL GROUP

NameAnimal Group

Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

DateCA 1965, STAFF

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 x 6 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (7 x 17 x 12 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.813.

Object numberA.1979.3.813

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionA ceramic sculpture of ducks surrounding a duck sitting in a bowl. The base color is white, and the bodies of the ducks are painted different colors. The white slab base is decorated, and the edges are red. Martinez workshop.

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Blanket

Artist Not Recorded

c. 1850

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CA 1939, STAFF

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WHISTLE

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Water Jar

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c. 1955-1968

CANDLESTICK

Herón Martínez Mendoza

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AIRPLANE

CA 1965, STAFF

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Teodora Blanco

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Herón Martínez Mendoza

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Herón Martínez Mendoza

c. 1958