Dancing couple

NameToy dancing couple

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1990s

Place madeAbaetetuba, Pará, Brazil, South America

MediumWood (balsa), tempera paint, elastic string

Dimensions6 11/16 × 4 3/16 × 2 9/16 in. (17 × 10.7 × 6.5 cm) not including elastic string

Credit LineGift of Antonio C. La Pastina and Dale A. Rice

Terms

Abaetetuba

Object numberA.2013.30.7

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionStanding male and female figures, each with an arm outstretched in dance pose. Male has other arm around waist of female. Female in long, pink dress, male in green pants and blue short-sleeved shirt. Figures bounce up and down from elastic string, which is tied between their connected faces.