DepartmentLatin America
Figure, woman with raised arm holding bird
NameFigure
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions4 1/2 × 2 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (11.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.838
Object numberA.1981.38.838
DescriptionMold made feet, pinched, hand-built, painted. Standing women; long, bell-shaped skirt forms base. Holds white and blue dove-like bird in left arm; right hand held up. Pink shirt; white skirt with multicolor stripes going horizontally and slanting.