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DepartmentLatin America

Angel

NameFigure
Maker Aguilar Family
CultureZapotec
Datec. 1960
Place madeOcotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions10 1/4 × 4 15/16 × 4 1/2 in. (26 × 12.5 × 11.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.451X
Object numberA.1979.44.451X
DescriptionHand-built earthenware; painted with synthetic colors; white robes, blue wings with white markings; each angel carries a candle in one hand, a palm leaf in the other; black braided hair; painted eyes, eyebrows. // $30 ea.
Angel Candlestick
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
FIGURE GROUP
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
Female Figure
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
Baptism, by the Aguilar family, ca. 1960. Painted earthenware. Ocotlan de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexi…
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
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Artist not recorded
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Angel
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Tadeusz Kacalak
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