Ceramic figure of a mythical beast; painted gray with orange and black stripes, one yellow stripe against neck. Black spikes along spine of back and long tail. Mouth open, showing white teeth, arms rampant (right arm broken off); open hole in chest where heart is shown being eaten by a yellow snake; lower end of a blue snake coming out of the bottom of the red heart. 2 feet at bottom (left foot broken off).
Donor:
Steve Vietti
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Arthur B. Waugh Jr. and Richard Vietti
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
September 29, 2009
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 19.5 centimeters, height 28.5 centimeters, and width 17.5 centimeters