DepartmentLatin America

Skeleton Band

NameFigure

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datec. 1956

Place madeDistrito Federal, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, metal, paint

Dimensions7 7/8 × 4 3/4 × 3 1/8 in. (20 × 12 × 8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.17.393V

Object numberA.1979.17.393V

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond

DescriptionMoldmade clay torso, head and instrument; body painted white white black ribs and eye sockets, red nose socket, purple mouth; instruments: 4 strings, 2 horns, 1 drum.

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