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

Thinking Skeleton

NameSculpture, ceramic
Artist or maker Demetrio Garcia Aguilar
Dateca. 2000
(not assigned)México
Place madeOcotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
Mediumceramic
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (36.83 x 16.51 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection. Gift of Diane and Sandy Besser
Object numberFA.2006.55.1
DescriptionSkeleton sitting on a skull with elbows on knees, head cradled in hands.
Skeleton musician
Artist not recorded
c. 1956
Skeleton figure
Josefina Aguilar Alcántara
ca. 1970
Thinking Skull
Carlomagno Pedro Martinez
c. 2000
Campamento de Zapata
Marcos Peréz Posas
2010
Male and female puppets
José Celestino da Silva
1980s - 1990s
Keris handle
19th or 20th century
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
FIGURE GROUP
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
Skeleton cart
Vincente Hernandez Vasquez
1980s
Keris handle
19th or 20th century
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