DepartmentLatin America
Skeleton ladies out for a meal
NameSculpture
Maker
Muñoz Family
Date1980s
Place madePuebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, wood, paper, glass mirror
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 3 5/16 in. (7.9 x 12.1 x 8.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Andrea Wilcox-Black
Object numberA.2011.3.32
DescriptionBox with three female skeletons playing canasta. The skeletons sit at a round brown table on which are playing cards, chiclets, a bottle, ashtray and a skull. One skeleton has a black dress, one a green dress, and one a blue dress. A mirror hangs on the back wall. It is labeled 'canasta basila'.
