Set of wake figures (figuritas de barro representando un velorio)
Made by Timoteo Aguilar; Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, ca. 1958
Collected by George M. and Mary L. Foster, 1958
3-15760 / 73b
This set of nineteen hand-painted ceramic figures depicts a wake, a central ritual of traditional Mexican culture. A self-conscious form of folk art, these figures were made for sale to tourists, and were popularized in the 1950s by influential collectors such as Nelson Rockefeller. This particular genre was created by Doña Isaura Alcántara Díaz, based on traditional pottery incense burners that she sold in the local market. In turn, she taught the style to her five daughters, along with their husbands and three brothers. Other subjects for these elaborate tableaux included christenings and weddings.
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