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Thinking Skeleton
Thinking Skeleton
Thinking Skeleton
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Thinking Skeleton

NameSculpture, ceramic
Maker Demetrio Garcia Aguilar
Dateca. 2000
Place madeOcotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
Mediumceramic
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (36.83 x 16.51 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection. Gift of Diane and Sandy Besser
Object numberFA.2006.55.1
Collections
DescriptionSkeleton sitting on a skull with elbows on knees, head cradled in hands.
Skeleton musician
Skeleton musician
Artist not recorded
c. 1956
Skeleton figure
Skeleton figure
Josefina Aguilar Alcántara
ca. 1970
Sculpture, Skeleton Women making Sugar Skulls
Sculpture, Skeleton Women making Sugar Skulls
Paula Garcia Linares
c. 2007
Male and female puppets
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José Celestino da Silva
1980s - 1990s
Campamento de Zapata
Campamento de Zapata
Marcos Peréz Posas
2010
Skeleton figure
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
Skeleton cart
Skeleton cart
Vincente Hernandez Vasquez
1980s
Skeleton ladies out for a meal
Skeleton ladies out for a meal
Muñoz Family
1980s
Don Quixote Riding Rocinante with 10 Skeleton Figures
Don Quixote Riding Rocinante with 10 Skeleton Figures
Pedro Linares
ca. 1980
Christ
Christ
R. Garcia
c. 1920
Skeletons in a truck
Skeletons in a truck
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
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