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Wedding scene
Wedding scene
Wedding scene
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Wedding scene

NameFigure group
Artist Ines Rodrigues (Brazilian ceramist)
Date1980s
Place madePernambuco, Brazil, South America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions6 × 3 11/16 × 3 3/4 in. (15.2 × 9.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary Hynes Daly
Object numberA.2012.50.1
DescriptionBride, groom, priest and policeman stand on yellow slab base. Bride and groom hold hands under one end of priest's sash while his hand is placed over the top. Bride in white, groom in blue suit. Policeman in olive/brown uniform with blue cap. Priest in black and white. Stamped in three places on bottom of base (mostly illegible) "INES _UDRI_VE".
Bride and groom on horse
Ines Rodrigues
1980s
Maria Bonita
Ines Rodrigues
1980s
Lampião
Ines Rodrigues
1980s
Lampião
Ines Rodrigues
1980s
Maria Bonita
Ines Rodrigues
1980s
Wedding dress
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1920
Skeleton figures
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c. 1970
Wedding Party
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1999
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c. 1970
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Artist Not Recorded
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