Woman with basket of fish on head

NameFigure

Maker José Olmos Workshop

Dateca. 1950

Place madePujilí, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, South America

MediumCeramic, paint

Dimensions12 1/2 × 6 × 5 in. (31.7501 × 15.24 × 12.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Gay Sinclair, Collection of Bob Sinclair, A.2012.86.3

Terms

Pujilí

Object numberA.2012.86.3

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionStanding figure of a woman with a blue tray reading BERONICA balanced on her head which holds two large fish. Her right arm raised to balance tray, her left arm at side holds a blue basket with yellow and green items. She wears a black, short sleeved blouse with yellow trims, a white shawl gathered at her left waist and thrown over her right shoulder, a yellow shirt with blue and green decoration, and black shoes. She stands on a green base.