figurine
- Museum number
- Am1986,06.190
- Description
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Figurine, made of pottery, in the form of a skeleton juggler; head and body two separate pieces of pottery joined together with spiral of wire; hat painted yellow on one side, purple on the other, green tip; shirt painted with three broad stripes: purple at top, then green, then yellow; trousers orange; one orange shoe, one white shoe; base of figurine half red, half green; three pieces of wire inserted into juggler's stomach, with a pottery ball on the end of each wire (one green, one yellow, one purple); hat and base varnished. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 8 centimetres
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Width: 2.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1986
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1986,06.190