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Skeletons
Skeletons
Skeletons
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Skeletons

NameSculpture
Maker Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
Dateca. 1970
Place madeOaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, metal springs, paint
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (11.4 x 10.5 x 4.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Andrea Wilcox-Black
Object numberA.2011.3.21a-c
DescriptionThree red devils riding bicycles. They are basically identical except a). has a yellow base, b). and c). have green bases. Also, the wings on (a) have a slight curl, the wings on (b) are straight back and the wings on c). are swept off to the side.
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
Skeletons figures
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Darío Soteno Léon
1997
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Skeletons in a truck
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970
Figure, Fantasy
CA 1960, STAFF
Figure, Fantasy
CA 1960, STAFF
Skeleton figures
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
c. 1970
Skeleton figure
Elpidia Chacon Ruiz
ca. 1970