part of Aguilar Mourning Scene (3-30647 to 3-30665); female mourner. ceramic female figure wearing a long brick red dress with short sleeves and a white belt. wears a black shawl hi-lighted with white over her head and around her shoulders; hair is in braids which fall beneath her shawl. in her left arm, she holds a bunch of white flowers with blue leaves & stems. in her right hand she hold a bunched up end of the shawl . her face is modeled and includes a teardrop below her right eye. eyes and brows are painted. "Hecho en Mexico" stamp inside bottom rim as well as the # 344 written in red.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
John Paul
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
February 24, 2011
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 8.5 centimeters, width 11.5 centimeters, and height 25 centimeters