Spanish Colonial Wax Figure of Farmer

Item Details

A highly detailed antique Mexican wax figure of a farmer loaded with a harvest of vegetables. The figure shows a farmer with a large basket strapped to his back laden with large heads of lettuce and other vegetables and carrying a basket of tomatoes. The leaves of the lettuce and the cloths are created from separate thin sheets of wax.

1938.0561

Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections

Condition

losses to the vegetables in basket, many pieces have been collected and are provided with the figure. losses to farmer’s hat.

Dimensions

Item #

17COL077-360