DepartmentLatin America

Virgin Mary

NameFigure

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1960-1995

Place madeCoyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic

Dimensions21 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (55 × 16 × 16 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Hilda H. Bourne and Douglas J. Bourne, A.2015.24.3

Terms

value (economic concept)

Object numberA.2015.24.3

ProvenanceAcquisition Proposal Form: The objects were collected by the donors between 1960 and 1995. Some were purchased directly from artists in Mexico and others were purchased drom dealers in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The donors are elderly and the daughter who arranged the donation does not know which pieces were acquired from artists or dealers,12/10/2014.

DescriptionBlackware virgin figure, wearing a crown, is in prayer pose with head bowed and hands before chest. Small, winged cherub is a her feet, also in prayer pose. Figures supported by a sphere, from which the two tips of the moon project. Round base under sphere.