DepartmentLatin America
Calavera
NameFigure
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1960
Place madeMexico, North America
MediumWax, wool, tissue, paint
Dimensions4 3/16 × 2 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (10.6 × 6.4 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.709
Object numberA.1979.6.709
DescriptionWax, molded figure lying on folded piece of tissue. Red, knitted wool strip under head. Sewn to tissue with brown thread. Red cheeks. Protruding lips; small oval hole mouth. Painted. Unknown liquid inside wax figure.
1960s-1980s
1969