Lampião

NameMale soldier figure

Artist Ines Rodrigues (Brazilian ceramist)

Date1980s

Place madePernambuco, Brazil, South America

MediumCeramic, paint

Dimensions6 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/16 in. (16 × 6 × 5.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mary Hynes Daly

Object numberA.2012.50.4

DescriptionStanding male figure (Lampião) in blue pants and long jacket with brown gun over left shoulder. Wears white glasses with only left eye open. Orange hat with inscribed convex half-circle over a star, orange bandoliers and weapon belt, red scarf around neck, brown shoes. Stands on red square/octagonal slab base with (illegible) "INES EUDR_ _VE_" stamped on underside.