Curing Set, Juego del Aire (for child)

NameSculpture

Artist María del Refugio Reyes Hernandez

Date1997

Place madeTlayacapan, Morelos, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, whitewash, acrylic paint, glitter

Dimensionsa. patient: 4 15/16 × 3 7/16 × 1 3/8 in. (12.5 × 8.8 × 3.5 cm)
b. man with dove: 4 3/8 × 1 13/16 × 2 5/16 in. (11.1 × 4.6 × 5.8 cm)
c.bull: 4 1/2 × 1 7/8 × 4 13/16 in. (11.5 × 4.8 × 12.2 cm)
d. coyote: 4 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 4 5/16 in. (11.5 × 4.2 × 11 cm)
e. snake: 1 3/16 × 1 5/16 × 5 1/8 in. (3 × 3.3 × 13 cm)
f. scorpion: 1 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 3 1/8 in. (4.7 × 3.7 × 8 cm)
g. centipede: 13/16 × 3/16 × 5 13/16 in. (2 × 0.5 × 14.7 cm)
h. coiled snake: 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 × 1 3/16 in. (4.8 × 4.8 × 3 cm)
i. lizard: 1 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 6 11/16 in. (3.5 × 7 × 17 cm)
j. dove: 1 1/4 × 7/8 × 2 3/16 in. (3.2 × 2.3 × 5.5 cm)
k. spider: 1 9/16 × 2 1/16 × 2 3/4 in. (3.9 × 5.2 × 7 cm)
l. toad: 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 2 3/8 in. (4 × 4 × 6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2014.27.1a-l

Object numberFA.2014.27.1a-l

DescriptionTwelve piece child's curing set includes: a) Patient in bed: figure lying on mat dressed in a white suit with red stripes and glitter; skin of figure is pink, as is mat; figure has arms bent at the elbows and slightly raised from the mat; mat has short red stripes and glitter around the perimeter; head of figure has black hair, eyes, eyebrows, and red lips, resting on a white pillow. b) Man with dove: Standing male figure holding dove in outstretched arms; figure stands on pink base with the initials "F.H." painted red with glitter at front; figure has pink skin, red lips, black hair, eyes, and eyebrows; dove has white body, with red beak and red ring around neck with glitter; figure wears white suit with red stripes and glitter; dove has red spots with glitter. c) Bull: standing bull with black horns extending forward from pink head and neck; pink ears, black eyes, and red nostrils; white body and tail; feet red with glitter; red stripes with glitter on legs, body, and long, curving tail; red ring with glitter around neck. d) Coyote: standing coyote with black eyes; erect, pointed pink ears, head, and neck; body white with red ring around neck with glitter; red feet, red stripes on legs and body with glitter; red spots with glitter on long tail. e) Snake: snake with triangular pink head, black eyes, and red mouth; long, undulating white body with red stripes and glitter; upward curving pink tail with red spot at tip. f) Scorpion: scorpion with a set of double pincers extending forward; exterior of pincers red with glitter; interior of pincerss pink with two black eyes on small protrusions; body white with red stripes and glitter; six pink legs with red feet and glitter; long, pointed tail arches forward above body; red stripes with glitter on back of tail; pink ring behind, glittering point of tail. g) Centipede: centipede with double pair of red, glittery arms at front and double tail painted red with glitter; pink background on arms and tail; body is white, as are upper sections of sixteen legs; red stripes with glitter on body and red spots with glitter on each of the legs; feet are red with glitter; pink ring between each foot and upper leg. h) Coiled Snake: snake with pink head extending above triple coil; coils are white with red, glittery stripes; red ring with glitter at base of head, which has black eyes and red mouth; tip of tail painted red with glitter. i) Lizard: lizard with pink, triangular head and black eyes; body, legs, and long tail are white with glittery red stripes and spots; red ring with glitter around neck; front of body raised on curved front legs; rear legs are jointed and bend back; all four feet are pink and proper right foot has red spot with glitter. j) Dove: whistle shaped like a dove with a white body and pink head; hole in tail and another hole on top of body at back; red spot with glitter on top of head, black eyes, and red beak; red ring with glitter around neck and red stripes with glitter on forward section of body. k) Spider: spider with pink head, small black eyes, and pair of red pincers with glitter extending forward; squat white body is supported by six legs extending down from joints around upper section; upper legs and body have red stripes with glitter; feet and ring around neck are red with glitter; pink ring around each leg above foot. l) Toad: Toad with long front legs curving forward and supporting rounded body; rear legs folded under back of body; head is pink with large black eyes and red mouth; body and upper legs are white with red stripes and glitter; red ring with glitter around neck; pink lower legs and red stripes with glitter on feet.