DepartmentLatin America
Mechanical toy, Day of the Dead funeral procession
NameFigure Group
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1956
Place madeMEXICO, NORTH AMERICA
MediumPapier mache, paint, garbanzo beans, metal
Dimensions14 3/4 × 17 11/16 × 4 1/2 in. (37.5 × 45 × 11.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.17.339
Object numberA.1979.17.339
DescriptionCarboard base painted yellow, black two towers; one with cross; one white, other purple; each with brick-like roof. Procession of 8 paper figures with cotton hair, bright paper costumes. Figures mounted on cloth strip which winds to make them move.
2017
Early 20th century
CA 1965, STAFF
c. 1965
CA 1970, STAFF
