DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Dancer

NameFigure

Maker Manuel Jimenez (Mexican, 1919 - 2005)

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeARRAZOLA, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, Paint, Fiber

DimensionsOverall: 34 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 6 5/16 in. (88.5 x 20 x 16 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.808.

Object numberA.1979.5.808

DescriptionCarved wooden sculpture of a dancer. He is brightly painted, synthetic colors, with water-base paint. He has a vegetal fiber moustache and beard, and the headdress is decorated with a bird. He wears a purple cape, green shirt, yellow pants, and sandals.