Toro de Fuego (Bull of Fire)

NameSculpture

Artist Artist not recorded

Datec. 1990

Place madeTlaxcala, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, papier-mâché, reed, twine, glue, crepe paper streamers

Dimensions48 13/16 × 28 3/8 × 48 7/16 in. (124 × 72 × 123 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, gift of Laura and Daniel Boeckman, FA.2008.72.1

Object numberFA.2008.72.1

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionWhite papier mache bull with "wheels" projecting from the tail and bottom sides of the neck. On it's back is a reed framework lashed together with twine and decorated with red, aqua, yellow and blue crepe paper streamers. Short lengths of crepe paper dangle from the horns.