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

Skeleton Policeman

NameSculpture
Maker David Moctezuma
Date1990
Place madeDistrito Federal, Mexico, North America
MediumPapier-mâché, glue, paint
Dimensions15 3/8 × 9 1/4 × 6 in. (39 × 23.495 × 15.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter P. Cecere
Object numberA.2008.25.2
DescriptionThis skeleton figure wears a blue policeman's uniform, the jacket of which has two rows of silver buttons down the front and blue outlines of pockets.The billed blue hat has a round white circle in the center front.The shoes are black and especially "lumpy". One hand has fingers outstretched, the other holds a black baton.His mustached face has very large teeth and deep set black eye holes with white pupils.
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