figurine
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.950.a
- Description
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Figurine (one of two); made of pottery; in the form of devil; round base painted green; devil stands on base, left hand on hip, right hand holding tail, pointed horns, ears; painted black.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 21.50 centimetres
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Width: 10 centimetres
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Depth: 6 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Thompson, Amanda. Cerámica: Mexican Pottery of the 20th Century. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001 p. 126-33 for Ocumicho pottery. For a long time, there has been a tradition of toy-making in Ocumicho. In the decades following the time this object was collected, toys got larger and more elaborate. These figures are Lucifers (Los Luzbels) from the Christmas "La Pastorela", a traditional play about the shepherds who are told of the the birth of Christ and the triumph of the God's angels over Satan's diablos.
- 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
- Am1978,15.950.a
