DepartmentLatin America

Building series, church

NameBUILDING, MODEL

DateCA 1965, STAFF

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, paint, metal wire

DimensionsOverall: 14 3/4 x 9 7/16 x 9 1/16 in. (37.5 x 24 x 23 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.849ab.

Object numberA.1979.3.849ab

DescriptionThese two slab built building miniature churches both consist of a main section with large open archway at the center structure, and two smaller archways to at the base of each of the steeples on the right and left. Both buildings exhibit a wide range of primary and secondary color decoration, as well as an over white matte paint base. One of the set has three white birds attached by wire flying above the building, and there other has just one bird attached by wire flying over the center of the structure.