DepartmentLatin America

Skulls (2)

NameSculpture

Artist or maker Castillo Family

Collective/Group NEA National Heritage Fellow

Datec. 2000

Place madeIzúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico, North America

(not assigned)México

Mediumceramic

DimensionsOverall: 6 x 4 1/2 in. (15.24 x 11.43 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection. Gift of Diane and Sandy Besser

Object numberFA.2006.55.3

Collections

NEA National Heritage Fellows

Description2 brightly painted ceramic skulls, with multiple brightly painted frog (1 skull), caterpillars, (both skulls) butter flies (second skull) on top, sides and orbits.

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