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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, cardboard
DimensionsOverall: 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 3 5/8 in. (9.1 x 6 x 9.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Andrea Wilcox-Black
Object numberA.2011.3.13
DescriptionFemale skeleton selling fish. Female skeleton dressed in an orange skirt with white top sitting in front of two red speckled fish. Woman & fish are glued to a cardboard base.
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
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Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
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Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970