DepartmentLatin America

Skeleton Musician

NameFigure

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1956

Place madeDistrito Federal, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, metal, paint

Dimensions7 9/16 × 4 1/2 × 4 5/16 in. (19.2 × 11.5 × 11 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.17.394V

Object numberA.1979.17.394V

Collections

DescriptionMoldmade clay torso and head with some white paint splatters; wire arms and legs, spring neck; stands on square clay base. One drummer and one trumpet player.

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