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Skeletons
Skeletons
Skeletons
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Skeletons

NameSculpture
Maker Muñoz Family
Date1980s
Place madePuebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, wood, paint, cotton, metal wire, cardboard
DimensionsOverall: 2 9/16 x 4 x 1 3/4 in. (6.5 x 10.1 x 4.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Andrea Wilcox-Black
Object numberA.2011.3.27
DescriptionBox with newlywed skeletons in room. Female dressed in wedding gown and veil and male in a black suit. Female is sitting on a bed with a black dog sitting on the floor and a dead bird laying next to her on the bed. A brown suitcase with 'recien casados' (just married) written on it sits next to the standing male. A mirror and clock hang on the wall.
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