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Najaco

Lupita Mexican Ceramic Doll Espanola Pulque Seller Purple

Lupita Mexican Ceramic Doll Espanola Pulque Seller Purple

$ 58.99
$ 58.99
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  • "Lupita" Najaco Ceramic Doll holding a basket of Pulque Espanola Style Purple Skirt.
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  • The figurine is 11 1/4" tall
  • 6-1/2" wide (at the base).
  • She is 4 1/4" (Shoulder to shoulder).
  • This ceramic doll is made by the Arana family in Tonala, Mexico.
  • The doll/figurine is carrying a basket Pulque for sale.
  • The artisan has painted a Man pouring Pulque into a Jar on the front of her Purple skirt .
  • The Lupita is hand painted by Mexican artisans, each detail is hand painted and each doll is initialed by the artisan.Lupita is a typical name in Mexico, thus the name Lupita was given to each figurine.
  • Najaco dolls were started 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 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 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
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