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FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

FIGURE GROUP

NameFigure Group
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 9 7/16 x 4 1/2 x 6 5/16 in. (24 x 11.5 x 16 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.919.
Object numberA.1979.3.919
DescriptionA ceramic sculpture of acrobats. A girl in yellow stands on a boy's head. A bird hangs from each of the figures' hands. Nine animals are around the acrobats on the base. The sculpture is brightly painted. Martinez Workshop.
FIGURE GROUP
CA 1969, A. GIRARD
CANDLESTICK
CA 1950, A. GIRARD
Temple Hanging (Pachedi).  Detail shown in plate 49.
Artist Not Recorded
17th century
Acrobat figures
CA 1965, STAFF
FIGURE AND ANIMAL
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
BOY IN CACTUS
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1965, STAFF
FIGURE GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
ANIMAL GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1965, STAFF