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Figure, woman with bird on head and hands raised to head
Figure, woman with bird on head and hands raised to head
Figure, woman with bird on head and hands raised to head
DepartmentLatin America

Figure, woman with bird on head and hands raised to head

NameFigure
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions5 1/4 × 1 15/16 × 1 1/2 in. (13.3 × 5 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.854
Object numberA.1981.38.854
DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body. Painted black hair and eyes. Blue blouse with red trim. Skirt of white, yellow, red, green and blue horizontal stripes. Arms raised to head. Red, white, pink and blue bird perched on head.
Figure, woman with hands on head
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1958, STAFF
Figure, woman with bird on head
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with hands clasped to chest
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, man with hands on head
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with bird on head
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
Figure, woman with bird on head
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with hand at head
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, man with hands on head
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958