DepartmentLatin America

Torito de Pucara

NameRoof ornament

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1958

Place madeChecca Pupuja, Puno, Peru, South America

MediumCeramic, glaze, slip

Dimensions10 13/16 × 13 7/16 × 4 1/4 in. (27.4 × 34.2 × 10.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.516

Object numberA.1979.32.516

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionPucara bull. Hand-built, slip-decorated, glazed in spots, with applied spring mold rosettes on head. Off-white slip background with dark brown and gold glazes.

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