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"Lupita" Doll NAJACO Apple Bag Sack Purple Ceramic Mexican
"Lupita" Doll NAJACO Apple Bag Sack Purple Ceramic Mexican
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- "Lupita" Najaco Ceramic Doll Apple Bag, Purple Skirt
- The figurine is 11-1/4" tall
- 5-1/2" wide (at the base).
- She is 4" (Shoulder to shoulder).
- This ceramic doll is made by the Arana family in Tonala, Mexico.
- The doll/figurine is carrying a Bag/Sack of Apples.
- The artisan painted apples on her Purple skirt.
- This doll has her hair in Two Buns with colorful flowers.
- The Lupita is hand painted by Mexican artisans, each detail is hand painted and each doll is initialed or signed by the artisan.
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Lupita is a typical name in Mexico, thus the name Lupita was given to each figurine.
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Najaco dolls are manufactured in Tonalá, Jalisco. In 1992, 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 nopales/cacti a seller of apples, vegetables, flowers, birds, the shepherd or the traditional pulquero, thus showing the every day life in a Mexican 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 colorful details. 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 from one to another.
