- "Lupita" Najaco Ceramic Doll Apple Sack, New Blue
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- The figurine is 11-1/2" tall
- 6" wide (at the base).
- She is 5" (apple bag to shoulder).
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- This ceramic doll is made by the Arana family in Tonala, Mexico.
- The doll/ figurine is carrying a bag filled with apples for sale.
- The details are wonderful.
- Her New Blue colored skirt is painted with two Apples.
- Her hair is in Two Looped Braids with Flowers.
- The Lupita is hand painted by Mexican artisans.
- All the Lupita's are signed by the artisans
- 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 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.
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Please note: these figurines are individually hand painted and will have slight variations one to another.
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