figurine
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.940
- Description
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Figurine; made of pottery; in the form of woman with bread; rectangular base painted brown; woman stands on base, round circle of bread held in both hands; multicoloured loops of pottery on head; hair painted black, skin beige, blouse white, rebozo brown, skirt black, apron green with white markings.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 27.50 centimetres
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Width: 9 centimetres
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Depth: 10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- At certain types of festive occasions, especially Christmas, woman carry bread figures in processions, and also dance with bread around their necks. See Sayer, Chloë. Crafts of Mexico. New York: Doubleday, 1977 p. 137.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1977-1978, London, Horniman Museum
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Acquisition notes
- Objects collected during the 1970s by Chloë Sayer and Marcos Ortiz. They were exhibited in 1977-1978 at the Horniman Museum, and later acquired by the British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1978,15.940
