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Figure, woman with bird on shoulder and raised arms
Figure, woman with bird on shoulder and raised arms
Figure, woman with bird on shoulder and raised arms
DepartmentLatin America

Figure, woman with bird on shoulder and raised arms

NameFigure
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions4 15/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 15/16 in. (12.5 × 5.5 × 5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.864
Object numberA.1981.38.864
DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body, painted; standing figure with white bird with red collar, blue trim on left shoulder; short black hair, white face and hands; red blouse with gold trim, white skirt with multicolor stripes, some vertical, some horizontal.
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with arms outstreched
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, man with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with animal on shoulder
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1958, STAFF