CERAMIC DEVIL: Devil sitting on a yellow post. Devil is painted black with red highlights on belly and arms; yellow toenails, white ribs and fingernails; a silver dog clings to his left knee, biting the devil’s left hand. A yellow lizard with red spines and red and blue highlights clings to the devils back, it’s head over the right shoulder. Lizard’s red tongue is extended and licks the distended tongue of the devil. Devil’s head is painted black with red/yellow and white stripes on horns, around eyes, down nose. Eyes are white, inside of ears are red and mouth and tongue are red. Figure sits on a disk-shaped base which is painted pink.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
John Paul
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Lizards
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions