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SKELETON
SKELETON
SKELETON
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

SKELETON

NameFigure
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeOaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, Paper, Organic Materials
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 x 2 3/16 x 3 1/8 in. (20 x 5.5 x 8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.24
Object numberA.1979.3.24X
Collections
DescriptionSkeletons of painted earthenware decorated with paper clothes and paint. Heads attached by springs to torso.
Lion dance mask
Artist not recorded
ca. 1960
ORNAMENT
CA 1965, STAFF
ORNAMENT
CA 1965, STAFF
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figures
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
c. 1970
BIRD
CA 1965, STAFF
Skeletons
Muñoz Family
1980s
Photography by Kellen Hope
Sidonka Wadina
2015-2020
Truck
Leandro Gomez Quintero
2017
Calavera
Augustin Cruz
CA 1960, STAFF
Nandi the Bull
Early – mid 20th century
Skeleton Musician
Artist not recorded
c. 1956