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Toy Clown Heads
Toy Clown Heads
Toy Clown Heads
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Toy Clown Heads

NameToy
Artist Artist Not Recorded
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeCelaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
MediumPapier-mâché, paint
DimensionsNose with lines across bridge. Beard cresent shape: 10 × 8 3/4 × 7 in. (25.4001 × 22.225 × 17.78 cm)
Nose with red and black ovals. Beard, vertical markings: 10 × 6 1/2 × 7 in. (25.4001 × 16.51 × 17.78 cm)
Nose with vertical lines. Beard, 2 heart shapes: 10 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (26.6701 × 15.875 × 18.415 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Girard Foundation Collection
Object numberA.1979.3.403X
DescriptionHead only, moldmade, papier-mache, white face, red, black decoration, painted, hair black, cowlick of hair at front like horn.
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