figurine
- Museum number
- Am1986,06.510.b
- Description
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Figurine (one of a pair); made out of sugar; in the form of skull lollipop; mounted on wooden stick; purple foil on forehead, "OMAR" written on piece of paper glued to foil; fuchsia foil in eye sockets; wrapped in plastic. Used for Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 18.50 centimetres
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Width: 6.50 centimetres
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Depth: 3 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hundreds of sugar figures are sold in and around La Merced Market in Mexico City.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1991, London, Museum of Mankind, 'The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead'
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1986
- Acquisition notes
- Cost for both (a-b).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1986,06.510.b