DepartmentLatin America

FIGURE AND ANIMAL

NameFigure Group

Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 14 x 9 7/16 x 4 in. (35.5 x 24 x 10.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.805.

Object numberA.1979.3.805

DescriptionHand-built ceramic sculpture of a boy and a girl standing back to back and surrounded by animals. The two are in the center and there are peacocks and dogs on either side of them. Above their heads, there is another child standing with two dogs. The white ceramic is painted with multiple colors. Martinez workshop.