Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1986.16344 |
Collection |
Sculpture Collection |
Media Collection |
World Ceramics Collection, Mexican Folk Art Collection |
Title |
Mexican Folk Art Polychrome Earthenware Sculpture Featuring a Winged, Horned Devil Holding the Dead |
Date |
20th Century |
Artist |
Unknown |
Makers Marks |
This piece has what appears to be an artist's initials on the underside "I. E. J." written in black paint. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Paint |
Technique |
Hand Built, Polychrome Painted, Hand Decorated |
Height (in) |
21.500 |
Width (in) |
9.000 |
Depth (in) |
10.000 |
Culture |
Mexican |
School |
Folk Art |
Place of Origin |
Ocumicho, Michoacán, Mexico |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Friends of Art |
Source Collection |
Cuernavaca Fonart Mexican Folk Art Collection |
Search Terms |
Central American Christian Themes Clothing / Dress Dead Devils Figures Figures, Men Mexican Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Mexican, Central, and South American Ceramics Ocumicho, Michoacan, Mexico World Ceramics |
Location |
On view in the R. Donald Cultice Family Cases, 2nd Floor |