DepartmentLatin America

Skeleton musician

NameFigure

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datec. 1956

Place madeMexico, North America

MediumCeramic, metal, paint

Dimensions14 9/16 × 6 11/16 × 5 1/8 in. (37 × 17 × 13 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.17.329X

Object numberA.1979.17.329X

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond

DescriptionMusician. Moldmade head and torso, metal arms and legs, hand-built elbows, hands, knees, feet. Large moldmade violin, brown and green; // $35 ea.

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