DepartmentLatin America

Cowboy

NameFigure

Maker Manuel Jimenez (Mexican, 1919 - 2005)

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeARRAZOLA, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, Paint, Straw

DimensionsOverall: 12 13/16 x 11 x 3 5/8 in. (32.5 x 28 x 9.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.725

Object numberA.1979.5.725

DescriptionCarved wooden sculpture of a figure on a horse. It is painted with water-based paint. The cowboy is brightly painted and the horse is unpainted, except mane, ears, eyes, saddle, hooves, and tail. The legs are nailed and there is straw hair on the cowboy.