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DepartmentLatin America

Dancing Couple

NameSculpture
Maker Alba Rose Sepulveda Tapia
Date2012
Place madeRari, Chile, South America
MediumHorsehair, pigment, vegetal fiber
Dimensions6 7/8 × 6 5/16 × 3 15/16 in. (17.5 × 16 × 10 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Alba Rose Sepulveda Tapia (A.2012.73.1)
Object numberA.2012.73.1
DescriptionMale and female horsehair figures in dancing postures, tied to a circular woven straw base. Male is wearing black hat and pants with turquoise blue shirt and short royal blue pancho. Female is wearing blue hat, blue and red striped dress and short white apron.
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