Figure (Clown)

Artist Maxine Toya born 1948 Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico; lives Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

Date1979

Mediumceramic

Dimensions5 5/8 × 4 1/4 × 6 7/16 in. (14.3 × 10.8 × 16.3 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, National Endowment for the Arts Purchase Grant

Object numberPC1979.81.1

DescriptionA ceramic sculpture depicting a Puebloan clown. The figure sits with a watermelon between their legs and a hand covering their mouth. Their face is partially covered by a pointed black mask with red half-circles around the eyes, narrow, triangular eye-holes, and openings for their mouth and ears. They wear a loincloth over their painted body, which is split between horizontal black-and-white stripes and solid red. The watermelon is cracked open at the top, revealing textured red flesh.

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