DepartmentLatin America

ANIMAL

NameAnimal

Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Slip

DimensionsOverall: 5 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 4 3/4 in. (15 x 18 x 12 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.822.

Object numberA.1979.3.822

DescriptionCeramic sculpture of a donkey. It is standing on all fours and has two water carrying jugs on the back. The ceramic is red clay and has white slip decoration. There is a hole in the back and the clay is grey from firing. Martinez workshop.