DepartmentLatin America

Merry-Go-Round

NameMerry-Go-Round

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeGuanajuato, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, Ceramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/16 x 6 9/16 x 9 5/16 in. (18 x 16.6 x 23.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.598X.

Object numberA.1979.5.598X

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionPainted wooden structures of merry-go-rounds. There are four hand-formed, painted ceramic figures on crosspieces on each structure. The merry-go-rounds have a rectangular shape frame.

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