DepartmentLatin America
Figure, woman with raised arms
NameFigure
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions4 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 1 7/16 in. (12 × 9 × 3.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.831
Object numberA.1981.38.831
DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body, painted. Figure has black eyes and hair with braid added over head: red scarf over shoulders, white blouse, white skirt with multicolor designs, arms raised high and wide above shoulders.