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Skeleton figure with megaphone
Skeleton figure with megaphone
Skeleton figure with megaphone
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Skeleton figure with megaphone

NameFigure
Artist José Celestino da Silva ((Zé Celestino))
Date1980s - 1990s
Place madeJuazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil, South America
MediumWood
Dimensions10 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (26.6 × 8.9 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Antonio C. La Pastina and Dale A. Rice
Object numberA.2013.31.1
DescriptionStanding wood skeleton figure holds a megaphone to its mouth with its right arm, the left hangs at its side. Of warm, medium dark wood on vaguely heart-shaped base with ZE CELESTINO carved into back side of base.
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