Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
2022.2.17 |
Object Name |
Figurine |
Other Name |
Figura |
Culture |
Purépecha |
Material |
Ceramic/Paint |
Description |
Yellow diablito on top of a purple-gray helicopter/airplane. A human face peers out of each of the three helicopter/airplane windows. Orange front propeller and light orange back propeller. Front two wheels have green and yellow wheel guards. |
Dimensions |
H-15.1 W-10.5 L-19 cm |
Found |
North America; Mexico; Michoacan; Ocumicho |
Provenance |
Collected by photographer Michelle Vignes (1926 - 2012) from artists in Ocumicho around the 1970s and 1980s during her trips to photograph daily life in Mexican pueblos. Bequeathed to Tom Mogensen (1950 - 2020) upon her death in 2012. Donated to the Stanford University Archaeology Collections on February 18, 2022 by Mogensen's spouse, Ellen Deitch. |
Collector |
Vignes, Michelle |
Collection |
Anthropology; North America; Mexico |
Web Export Search |
Archlgy134 S2024 |
Exhibit Label Text |
Object label from "De La Tierra: Indigenous Ceramics from West Mexico Transcending Time and Space" (05/31/2024 - 04/15/2025): Three unsuspecting tourists peer out the windows of the helicopter as a diablito with a mischievous expression holds on. The tourist economy of Ocumicho ceramics has increased the demand for playful diablito scenes. Purépecha creators mold scenes like this one, made to be sold in the market. In many of these sculptures, tourists take the devil with them on the modes of transportation they would use to leave the town of Ocumicho. Purépecha creators rid their town of diablitos by putting them on modes of transportation on the way out to the rest of the world. |