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Toys in Mexico

When I visited Mexico City several years ago I happened to notice how unusually prevalent toys were. People selling them. People playing with them, both children and adults. I could conjecture a number of causes for this. Probably the biggest reason is that everyone has families and children. When people go out to the Paseo de la Reforma or the Zócalo they bring their children, and if they are going to buy anything, they’ll buy things for their children. Another reason is that toys and candy are not a costly purchases. They are minor pleasures that can be enjoyed without weighing one’s desire for them over other things. I think vendors are so common because it’s quite customary to buy things from people on the street; not really the case in the core economies where most commerce is mediated through large established institutions.

I went to an art exhibit at the Museo de Arte Moderno that actually seemed to support this notion I had developed that Mexicans are preoccupied with toys. Works in the exhibition were from artists who drew inspiration from mass manufactured play objects and games. THe works that were featured were simply delightful. They were bright and wondrous, made from neat material. Some of the objects did things. You were intended to engage with the works as a child would toys in a toy store. Each one was remarkably alluring. I’m not sure how successful the works were as art, since they sort of lured one away from a critical position towards things and invited guests to instead indulge in amusement and escapism. Unfortunately, I’m not able to find documentation of the exhibit anywhere on the internet. I didn’t take pictures of it either. Though the source doesn’t label them, I believe the three installations in the video below were a part of the exhibit.

 

In the absence of other works from the exhibit, here are some images of Mexican toys and toy vendors…

Masks seemed to be a popular toy to sell, though I never saw anybody wearing one.

 

Woman selling dolls from a gondola in the Bosque de Chapultepec.

 

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Traditional rub dolls. Apparently, the custom of making rug dolls for little girls dates from before the Conquest.

 

Mexican Barbi, for sale at Kmart.com. Her dress is from the 1800s. She has a widened nose and a chihuahua wedged between her elbow and rib cage, so as to make her recognizably Mexican, I guess.

 

Luche Libre wrestling figures. One of the best loved toys in Mexico for decades.

 

Your typical candy stand. Arresting color, bizarre texture, unidentifiable taste. Mexicandies should qualify as toy, I think. The kind of enchantment that surrounds it resembles the fetishization kids have for toys.

The Supplanting of Lake Texcoco with Mexico City

Mexico City has now grown to such a size that it roughly covers the same area as the 5 lakes of the Valley of Mexico: Lake Zumpango, Lake Xaltocan, Lake Texcoco, Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco. In fact, the shape of the city almost perfectly matches the lakes’ basin. In the image above I drew an approximation of where the shoreline might have been over a satellite image of the city today. Habitation has spread into the mountains to the west and south, but primarily development has remained concentrated in areas where water easily flows. I believe it was the early 1600’s when Lake Texcoco was drained with canals and irrigation ditches. Today a city has grown to take its place completely.


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The outline of the island capital of Tenochtitlan can still be seen in the arrangement of the streets and residential blocks in the old colonial section of Mexico City. I was able to easily trace the island’s shoreline just be following the main streets. Interestingly enough, the five major causeways that connected Tenochtitlan to the mainland endure as primary streets radiating away from the Zócalo. And of course the Zócalo square is the very same place where Montezuma’s palace stood.