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Offering. MOLDMADE W/ SUGAR; ORNATE PATTERN OF ICING OVER PATCHES OF GOLD FOIL PAPER. NAME "C…
Calavera
Offering. MOLDMADE W/ SUGAR; ORNATE PATTERN OF ICING OVER PATCHES OF GOLD FOIL PAPER. NAME "C…
Offering. MOLDMADE W/ SUGAR; ORNATE PATTERN OF ICING OVER PATCHES OF GOLD FOIL PAPER. NAME "CARMELINA" ON FOREHEAD. PRINTED W/ "CHOLITA".
Museum of International Folk Art; Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection. Photographs by Michel Monteaux.
DepartmentLatin America

Calavera

NameSculpture; Offering
Artist Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1956
Place madeMexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America
MediumSugar, icing, gold foil paper
Dimensions4 3/4 × 3 15/16 × 6 1/8 in. (12 × 10 × 15.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.17.345
Object numberA.1979.17.345
DescriptionMoldmade with sugar; ornate pattern of icing over patches of gold foil paper. Name "CARMELINA" on forehead. Printed with "CHOLITA".
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