Nahual Woman

NameFigure

Maker Luis Garcia Blanco

Date2010

Place madeAtzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic

Dimensions15 3/8 × 8 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (39 × 20.5 × 18 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, FA.2010.50.1

Object numberFA.2010.50.1

DescriptionPlain tan, unglazed, totemic sculpture of a woman with a frog face in her torso and a horned deer-like creature below. In the large braid wrapped around her head are flowers, two frogs and a fox-like animal, the two frogs playing instruments. She holds in her arms a deer, ram and frog, each with instruments. The frog below also holds two musician frogs. The deer below has a pig on one horn and holds two musician deer in its arms. Flowers decorate each of the larger figures. More flowers on back. Signed on back.