figurine
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.951.c
- Description
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Figurine (one of three); made of pottery; in the form of hermit; round base painted burgundy; hermit stands on base; tall pointed hat painted red, eyebrows, eyes and beard black, skin white, robe blue, rosary around neck white.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 24 centimetres
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Width: 7 centimetres
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Depth: 7 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- 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. This figure is a hermit 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. The role of hermit is often taken by youths or small boys, who play a comedic role. See Thompson, Amanda. Cerámica: Mexican Pottery of the 20th Century. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001 p. 126-33 for Ocumicho pottery.
- 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
- Am1978,15.951.c
