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Skeletons figures
Skeletons figures
Skeletons figures
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Skeletons figures

NameSculpture
Maker Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
Dateca. 1970
Place madeOaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint, fiber, paper
DimensionsOverall: 4 15/16 x 3 13/16 x 3 in. (12.6 x 9.7 x 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Andrea Wilcox-Black
Object numberA.2011.3.22a-f
DescriptionSix skeleton nuns with prayer books. All are basically the same, dressed in white gowns with wide, full habits and holding prayer books. They are standing on pink bases.
Skeletons
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
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Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figures
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
c. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figures
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
c. 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