Dancers

NameFigure Group; Nativity Figures

Maker Mamerto Sanchez Cardenas (Peruvian, born 1942)

Datec. 1958

Place madeQuinua, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumCeramic, slip

Dimensions7 5/16 × 5 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (18.5 × 13 × 12 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.476

Object numberA.1979.32.476

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionDancing man and woman on slab-built circular base, hand-built figures, white slip coated; brown and red-brown slip painted, female figure with flared skirt and large oval hat joins arms with male wearing trousers, spotted shirt, and conical hat; leaf design on base.