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

Collections

Latin America

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.