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Cuentos: Tales from the Hispanic Southwest
Cuentos: Tales from the Hispanic Southwest
Cuentos: Tales from the Hispanic Southwest
DepartmentHispano

Cuentos: Tales from the Hispanic Southwest

NameDrawing
Maker Jaime Valdez
CultureHispano
Date1976-1977
Place madeEmbudo, New Mexico, United States, North America
MediumPaper, ink
DimensionsImage area: 12 × 11 1/4 in. (30.5 × 28.6 cm)
Mat area: 14 15/16 × 20 1/16 in. (38 × 51 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2016.41.1
Object numberFA.2016.41.1
DescriptionFine line pen and ink illustration of a woman skeleton talking to a man. The man is sitting on the ground next to a horno (beehive shaped oven) and the woman Skeleton is sitting on a drum with an axe in her left hand. The illustration is framed within a drawn circle.