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Sculpture, Skeleton Women making Sugar Skulls
Sculpture, Skeleton Women making Sugar Skulls
Sculpture, Skeleton Women making Sugar Skulls
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Sculpture, Skeleton Women making Sugar Skulls

NameSculpture
Maker Paula Garcia Linares
Datec. 2007
Place madeMexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America
MediumPapier-mâché, wood, paint, foil, crepe paper
DimensionsWoman in Red Skirt: 127 x 63 x 53 cm
Woman in Yellow Skirt: 106 x 52 x 61 cm
Table: 70 x 60 x 43 cm
Stool: 49 x 30 x 25 cm
Chair: 68 x 32 x 34 cm
Basket: 42 x 37 x 39 cm

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, gift of the Dewey Family, FA.2009.49.1V
Object numberFA.2009.49.1V
DescriptionTwo skeleton women, one seated on a stool and holding a basket of fruit, and one seated on a chair and decorating a sugar skull, are seated next to a table (an altar or ofrenda) on which are displayed numerous sugar skulls with names across their foreheads.

Skeleton Women making Sugar Skulls, Paula Garcia Linares, c. 2007, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Papier mache, wood, paint, foil, 50 x 71 x 24 in., Museum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, gift of the Dewey Family, FA.2009.49.1V
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