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Figure group, skeletons in procession wearing black suits
Figure group, skeletons in procession wearing black suits
Figure group, skeletons in procession wearing black suits
DepartmentLatin America

Figure group, skeletons in procession wearing black suits

NameFigure Group
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1950
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions15 3/4 × 6 11/16 × 7 1/2 in. (40 × 17 × 19 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.789
Object numberA.1979.3.789
Description6 skeletal figures on slab base, black suits on figures, kneeling, multicolors on white base, altar with Day of Dead foods. // Martinez Workshop. Made for Day of the Dead. - Alexander Girard.
Monkeys in suits
CA 1960, STAFF
Ofrenda
David Villafañez
c. 1960
Figure group, market scene
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
Comb with Figure of Skeleton
Artist Not Recorded
Figure group, funeral procession
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
Mask, skull
Artist Not Recorded
Mask, skull
Artist Not Recorded
VASE
CA 1960, STAFF
VASE
CA 1960, STAFF
Rosen Family Plate
September 2007