Woman with food on tray

NameFigure

Maker José Olmos Workshop

Dateca. 1950

Place madePujilí, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, South America

MediumCeramic, paint

Dimensions15 1/2 × 7 × 5 1/2 in. (39.3701 × 17.78 × 13.97 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Gay Sinclair, Collection of Bob Sinclair, A.2012.86.4

Terms

Pujilí

Object numberA.2012.86.4

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionStanding woman with pink tray reading "Marina" balanced on head. Tray holds four large green items surrounded by small yellow and orange or peach colored fruits. Woman's right arm balances tray, and her left arm holds a basket to her side, which is filled with green produce, probably bananas. She wears a blue, short sleeved blouse, a red scarf with floral print tied at left side of waist and over her right shoulder. Her skirt is lavender, her shoes brown, and she stands on an orange base.