"Focuses on clay figures produced in the area of San Pedro Tlaquepaque (Jalisco) that have become part of the great popular tradition of Mexican folk art. A text by Pantaleón Panduro traces roots of this tradition to second half of the 19th century. Texts in English and Spanish pay tribute to the late Fernando Gamboa, from whose collections many of the pieces were selected"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.