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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
Artist not recorded
c. 1956
Skeleton figure
Josefina Aguilar Alcántara
ca. 1970
Male and female puppets
José Celestino da Silva
1980s - 1990s
Campamento de Zapata
Marcos Peréz Posas
2010
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
FIGURE GROUP
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
Skeleton cart
Vincente Hernandez Vasquez
1980s
Christ
R. Garcia
c. 1920
Skeletons in a truck
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970