DepartmentLatin America

Ceramic Dancing Dog Trio

NameCeramic Dancing Dog Trio

Artist or maker Castillo Family

Collective/Group NEA National Heritage Fellow

Datec. 1980

Place madeIzúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico, North America

(not assigned)México

MediumWire Reinforced Clay and Paint

DimensionsOverall: 8 x 11 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (20.32 x 29.21 x 8.255 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.

Object numberA.1995.93.2299

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DescriptionThree dancing dogs (in the same positions as the bulls in catalog #2298) wear brightly colored shirts and pants with geometric designs. The base they stand on is similarly painted. The front dog "sits" while the two behind stand on their hind legs and rest their forelegs on the back of the dog in front. Each dog is a different color and wears a hat to match. Over each hat flies a bird, and the dogs are smiling; wire-reinforced clay and paint; hand molded and painted.