DepartmentLatin America

Drummer

NameFigure

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeMexico, North America

MediumPaper, Bamboo, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 23 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 9 7/16 in. (59 x 15 x 24 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.104.

Object numberA.1979.6.104

DescriptionFigure with a bamboo frame that has colored tissue paper stretched over the body parts and drum. The figure’s head is papier-mâché, with a painted face, and a long red nose. He has a large cardboard hat with black spots. The figure is a man riding a unicycle while drumming and there is a pull-string which makes his hand beat the drum.