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Calavera String Puppet
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DepartmentLatin America

Calavera String Puppet

NamePuppet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1956
Place madeMexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, metal, paint
Dimensions5 11/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 3/8 in. (14.5 × 8 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.17.476
Object numberA.1979.17.476
DescriptionMoldmade plaster head, hands, feet and torso painted white with black features. Spring arms and legs. Black cross on top of skull.
FIGURE, FANTASY
Artist Not Recorded
ca 1958
Calavera
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1960
Calavera
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1960
Skeleton Musician
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1956
Devil
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1960
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Darío Soteno Léon
1997
Skeleton musician
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1956
FIGURE, FANTASY
Artist Not Recorded
ca 1960