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Lupita Doll Ceramic Mexican Folk Art Basket of Corn Red Dress #2
Lupita Doll Ceramic Mexican Folk Art Basket of Corn Red Dress #2
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- "Lupita" Najaco Ceramic Doll, Red Skirt, Basket of Corn.
- The figurine is 12" tall
- 8" wide (at the base).
- She is 4 1/2" (shoulder to shoulder)
- This ceramic doll is made by a family in Tonala, Mexico.
- This doll is holding a woven basket selling fresh corn.
- Her dress is red with a hand painting of a couple looking into the distance.
- Her Hair is in Two Looped Braids, with Flowers
- Lupita is a typical name in Mexico, thus the name Lupita was given to each figurine.
The family proudly manufactures each figurine and is painted by hand. - Najaco dolls were began in Tonalá, Jalisco in 1992, at the beginning, the family was looking for a way to depict Mexican people's daily chores (especially women) while in their typical outfits.
- Each figurine shows a figurine either going to cut nopals, a seller of apples, vegetables, flowers, birds, the shepherd or the traditional pulquero, thus showing the beauty of the streets of a town.
- In short, typical women or men doing their chores from the past and even now. Each doll is a model of Mexican woman's beauty.
- This folk art is full of colored detail. Each doll is molded, afterward each figurine is hand painted by artisans.
- Please note: these figurines are individually hand made & painted and will have slight variations one to another.
