DepartmentLatin America

Church

NameBuilding Model

Artist or maker Onecimo Martinez

Date1964, STAFF

(not assigned)México

Place madeTecomatepec, Mexico, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint, Glaze

DimensionsOverall: 12 5/8 x 4 5/16 x 12 3/8 in. (32 x 11 x 31.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.998

Object numberA.1979.5.998

DescriptionSlab-built building model of a church. It has mold made details, painted, glazed with yellow, green, and blue. It has a steeple with a cross, 8 windows, small dome at rear with a cross. A figure stands at door with a figure-head above, church has 8 triangular windows.