Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Item from Market

I purchased a magnet from the market that is of a girl in traditional Sinaloa dress. Sinaloa is a state in Mexico along the Gulf of Mexico. Nowhere on the item does it state where made.
The magnet is made out of dried polymer clay formed into a girl dressed in traditional Sinaloa attire. The clay is with multicolored flowers painted on the skirt of the dress. There are two red stripes going horizontal across the bottom of the dress. The dress has a sparkly decorated collar. She has a red and white headdress.
I began by researching where the clay would come from and found that the majority of it is manufactured in China. I had a feeling that my magnet possibly could have been manufactured in China. I searched and found a few companies that make and sell polymer clay figurines and magnets in Mexico.
I searched to see if I could find my magnet in the list of items the companies in Mexico had for sale but did not find that any of them had this particular item.
After two hours of searching for my item and/or one that is similar I found a company J & Y commercial located in Nalcalpan Mexico. They manufacture a variety of items including polymer clay dolls and magnets.
I do not want to assume that my item came from China to a US warehouse where the market ordered nic nac items from but right now if I were to place my bets I would go with that my item originated in China, imported in by a whole sale company that distributes to locations all over the US.


I found this image the way the women are dressed looks like my magnet

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