DepartmentLatin America
Skeleton figure
NameSculpture
Maker
Josefina Aguilar Alcántara
Dateca. 1970
Place madeOaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 x 3 5/16 x 6 1/2 in. (14 x 8.4 x 16.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Andrea Wilcox-Black
Object numberA.2011.3.23
DescriptionMale skeleton Atlas holding globe on his back. Base upon which he kneels has a sculpted moon on the front and a sun on the back and is painted with stars on the darker half. It is signed on top of the base, 'Josefina Aguiler'.
