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

Thinking Skeleton

NameSculpture, ceramic
Maker Demetrio Garcia Aguilar
Dateca. 2000
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
Male and female puppets
José Celestino da Silva
1980s - 1990s
FIGURE GROUP
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
Christ
R. Garcia
c. 1920
FIGURE, FANTASY
Artist Not Recorded
ca 1960
Virgin, Our Lady of Sorrows
Artist Not Recorded
Late 19th c.
Sao Benedito
Artist Not Recorded
19th c.
Horse and rider figurine
Sergei Kulakov
1990 -1996
San Antonio de Padua
Artist Not Recorded