DepartmentLatin America
"Se Nos Cayo La Luna Para Amar La Tierra" (The moon fell so we could love the Earth)
NameRag Doll Assemblage
Artist
Osvaldo Viteri
Date1980
Place madeQuito, Pichincha, Ecuador, South America
Mediumwood, fiber, synthetic, adhesive
Dimensions48 1/2 × 3 in. (123.1902 × 7.62 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Duncan E. and Elizabeth Boeckman, A.1987.6.1
Object numberA.1987.6.1
Description"Se nos cayo la luna para amar la tierra." The moon fell so we could love the earth. Assemblage of 172 hand-made rag dolls glued to round wood backing, painted black. Dolls arranged in three visual concentric circles: outer circle contains single row of 73 dolls. two in center. orange background.
CA 1960, STAFF
CA 1960, STAFF
CA 1960, STAFF
mid-20th century
c. 1975
