DepartmentLatin America
Figure, priest
NameFigure
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions4 7/16 × 2 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (11.3 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.903
Object numberA.1981.38.903
DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body, painted. Standing. Black hair, red biretta, black eyes, white face, neck, and hands. Brown chasuble with white design. Blue cassock with tan design at hem. Hands lifted upwards and outwards.