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DepartmentLatin America

Figure, woman with hands clasped in front of chest

NameFigure

Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

Datec. 1958

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, paint

Dimensions5 1/8 × 1 7/8 × 1 13/16 in. (13 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.880

Object numberA.1981.38.880

DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body, painted. Standing figure with hands clasped in front, long, black braids, pink cone-shaped hat, white face and hands. Red blouse with blue bands at neck, cuffs. White skirt with multicolor stripes, half-circles, and triangles. // GF #2456.

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