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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, synthetic netting, cotton, metal wire, paper, cardboard
DimensionsOverall: 6 x 5 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (15.3 x 13 x 4.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Andrea Wilcox-Black
Object numberA.2011.3.19
DescriptionFemale skeleton in lavender dress with wire rimmed lavender hat holding a bouquet of flowers in her right hand.
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figures
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
c. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figures
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
c. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970