DepartmentLatin America
Figure, Fantasy
NameFigure, Fantasy
Maker
Manuel Jimenez
(Mexican, 1919 - 2005)
DateCA 1965, STAFF
Place madeOaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 14 9/16 x 13 3/8 x 3 9/16 in. (37 x 34 x 9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.574X.
Object numberA.1979.5.574X
DescriptionCarved wooden figures of mermaids playing guitars. They are brightly painted, synthetic colors, of water-based paint. They each have vegetal fiber hair, red tails, pink bodies, and both hold guitars.
CA 1960, STAFF
