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Skeleton figure
Skeleton figure
Skeleton figure
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Skeleton figure

NameSculpture
Maker Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
Dateca. 1970
Place madeOaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint, metal, paper
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/8 x 3 1/16 x 5 1/8 in. (8.5 x 7.8 x 13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Andrea Wilcox-Black
Object numberA.2011.3.11
DescriptionPair of skeleton women playing tennis. Both wear short skirts and hold rackets in their right hands. There is a net half way between them and a ball suspended in the air by metal wire.
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