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148027001
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Figurine; made of sugar and pottery; in the form of grave; rectangle of sugar for grave, with sugar cross at top; flower and "R.I.T." drawn on top of grave; skeleton seated on grave, made of pottery, painted white with black markings, head separate piece of pottery mounted on wire, shoulder, upper arm, elbow, lower arm, hand, hip, upper leg, knee, lower leg, foot all separate pieces of pottery joined to torso with string. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
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