Figure Item Number: 3191/9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Model of a mariachi dancer. Tiny figure is of a man in a charro suite, light orange-brown pants and jacket decorated with white around the lapels and back, and down the outside of the legs. A red scarf can be seen at his neck, and a gun in a holster on his hip. He wears a large brimmed undecorated hat. The dancer’s knees are bent in a dance step. Figure is precisely painted. His feet are planted on a small square base.

Narrative

Collected in Mexico by the donor's grandmother, Harriet MacDonald (nee McCurdy), in the 1930s.