DepartmentLatin America

Figure

NameFigure

Maker Martha Moreles (born 1926)

CulturePurépecha

Date1982

Place madeURUAPAN, Michoacan, Mexico, North America

MediumFiber

DimensionsOverall with Base: 4 15/16 × 2 9/16 × 4 1/8 in. (12.5 × 6.5 × 10.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of The Barthelemy Family in Memory of Ricardo Barthelemy, A.1989.2.7

Object numberA.1989.2.7

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionOrnament Maker figure. Seated with black hair, mustache, and goatee. Straw hat pink shirt, white pants; brown, red, and white serape; sandals. Figure is plaiting palm fronds into ornaments. Three finished, one in hands, palm fronds on figure's right.
Depicts ornament making for Palm Sunday.