DepartmentLatin America

ANIMAL GROUP

NameAnimal Group

Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (20 x 15 x 23.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.908.

Object numberA.1979.3.908

DescriptionA ceramic sculpture of two donkeys standing on their hindlegs, facing one another. They have hats on top of their heads and there are birds attached to wires that are attached to the hat. The donkeys are holding a triangular object on a cylindrical base. All are attached to a rectangular base. Martinez workshop.