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Figure, woman holding bird
Figure, woman holding bird
Figure, woman holding bird
DepartmentLatin America

Figure, woman holding bird

NameFigure
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions4 3/4 × 2 × 1 3/4 in. (12 × 5.1 × 4.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.873
Object numberA.1981.38.873
DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body. Painted. Standing figure has black hair and eyes, long braids. Wears yellow hat, blue blouse with red trim. White shirt with vertical stripes in pink, red, blue, brown, yellow. In her arms she holds a white, pink and red bird.
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