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Woman playing a guitar
Woman playing a guitar
Woman playing a guitar
DepartmentLatin America

Woman playing a guitar

NameSculpture
Maker Victorina Gallegos (Chilean)
Date2017
Place madeQuinchamali, Nuble, Chile, South America
MediumCeramic, mineral pigment
Dimensions15 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 28 3/4 in. (40 × 7 × 73 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Victorina Gallegos, A.2017.73.1
Terms
  • value (economic concept)
Object numberA.2017.73.1
Collections
ProvenanceSee artist bio in file attached to Acquisition Proposal Form, 7/25/2017; See article by Pablo Neruda in file.
DescriptionFull-figured ceramic guitar player, black ceramic with white incisions as designs, jar handle on figure's back, opening on top through figure's "hat"; Certificate of Authenticity sticker on front.
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Pin
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BUILDING, MODEL
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2018
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