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

Skeleton figure

NameSculpture
Maker Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
Dateca. 1970
Place madeOaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint, cotton
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (9.6 x 6 x 7.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Andrea Wilcox-Black
Object numberA.2011.3.15
DescriptionFemale skeleton bread seller. Female skeleton dressed in blue skirt with white blouse. She is kneeling in front of two large loaves of bread. Figure and bread are mounted on cardboard.
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Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970