DepartmentLatin America

Skeleton figure

NameSculpture

Maker Elpidia Chacon Ruiz

Dateca. 1970

Place madeOaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, paint, metal, wood, paper

DimensionsOverall: 3 9/16 x 1 15/16 x 3 3/8 in. (9.1 x 5 x 8.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Andrea Wilcox-Black

Object numberA.2011.3.14

DescriptionFemale skeleton making tortillas. Female skeleton in red dress and white blouse kneeling in front of a metate. The metate has a mound of masa at the front. The woman is patting a tortilla between her hands. Figure is mounted on a wood base.