Mending kit with figure

NameMending kit

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateMid 20th century

Place madeMexico, North America

MediumWood, paint, fabric, nails

Dimensions5 11/16 × 5 5/16 × 2 15/16 in. (14.5 × 13.5 × 7.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.24.23a-d

Object numberFA.2016.24.23a-d

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionThere is a hand painted figure of a woman with green and white checkered pin cushion apron and a large black hat. She stands on a green 1/2 circle wooden base into which are placed 4 nails to hold thread spools. Three of the nails hold spools of thread, two mostly full with cotton thread, and 1 with a few coils of dark green.