The Washer Woman - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

This 2008 sculpture depicts an elderly woman (apparently an Indian woman) washing clothes on a rock with a water wheel behind her.
The artist is Jim Demetro.
This website (visit link) has the following brief description:
"This piece depicts an elderly woman scrubbing her clothes by hand on a rock, as is still done by many people along the Cuale River. Using a local 76 year-old woman as his model, sculptor Jim Demetro made this piece in the hopes of preserving a local custom in bronze."

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Jim Demetro Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2008 Materials used: bronze Location: on Puerto Vallarta's malecon...near the river.

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