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DepartmentLatin America

Coffin

NameOffering
Artist Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1956
Place madePatzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico, North America
MediumDough, icing, ceramic, paint
Dimensions1 15/16 × 5 3/16 × 2 1/16 in. (5 × 13.2 × 5.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.17.357X
Object numberA.1979.17.357X
DescriptionDough coffin decorated with blue icing touched with gold paint; opening reveals clay skeleton inside which is activated by a string at foot. Decorated with black ink floral and swirled line designs and cross. // $ 12 EA.
Offering.  MOLDMADE W/ SUGAR; ORNATE PATTERN OF ICING OVER PATCHES OF  GOLD FOIL PAPER. NAME "C…
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