DepartmentLatin America

FIGURE GROUP

NameFigure Group

Maker Aguilar Family

CultureZapotec

Datec. 1960

Place madeOcotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, paint, cloth

Dimensions8 1/16 × 3 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (20.5 × 9.5 × 6.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.657V

Object numberA.1979.44.657V

DescriptionHand-built earthenware, painted with synthetic colors. Adam: Nude with green leaf, black hair, standing on slab base. Eve: nude with green leave, holds "apple" unglazed ball in hand, long black hair, standing on slab base. White cloth glued to hands of part of "Cockfight" set. Cloth probably added by A. Girard. - J. Cohen.