DepartmentLatin America

ANIMAL GROUP

NameAnimal Group

Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 20 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (53 x 7 x 23.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.904X.

Object numberA.1979.3.904X

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCeramic sculpture of a tower of animals stacked one on top of one another. There is an ox at the bottom, a horse on top of the oxen, a goat on top of the horse, a dog on top of the goat, and there is a bird on a wire coming out the top of the dog. Martinez workshop.