DepartmentHispano

La Espada de la Muerte

NameSculpture

Maker George López (1900 - 1993)

CultureHispano

Dateca. 1950

Place madeCordova, New Mexico, United States, NORTH AMERICA

MediumWood, leather, cotton string, vegetal fiber

Dimensions35 13/16 × 57 11/16 × 25 3/16 in. (91 × 146.5 × 64 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.1956.16.5

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionUnpainted wood cart with seated skeleton (Doña Sebastiana) inside. Cart is bound together with leather thongs. Skeleton is tied to seat. She has has off-white fiber hair, a bow and arrows, a staff, sword, hatchet and large hammer. On the sword is carved the title "La Espada" on one side, and "de la Muerte" on the other.