DepartmentLatin America

Skeleton Band, miniature

NameMusicians

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1960

Place madeTlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, wire

Dimensions1 1/16 × 1/2 × 1/2 in. (2.7 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1995.12.47V

Object numberA.1995.12.47V

Collections

Latin America

Description8 pcs. 6 skeletons, one red devil. Ceramic over wire frame, ptd.; mounted on square, ptd. ceramic bases. Devil carries wire pitchfork; one skeleton has tambourine, one has drum, one has bass; 4 wear sombreros.

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