figurine
- Museum number
- Am1989,12.37
- Description
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Figurine in the form of a skeleton water-carrier; made of papier mâché mounted on a wooden framework; wooden square base, painted brown with red wavy line; skeleton (mounted on dowel painted brown) wearing red paper baseball cap, pink paper waistcoat with black pockets; holds green papier mâché barrel with white markings (white inside) suspended from red wool in each hand. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 43.50 centimetres
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Width: 17 centimetres
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Depth: 18 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- At the time this was collected, the baseball cap had largely replaced the more traditional palm hat for Mexican men.
- 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'
- Condition
- There was a fire in the store where this figurine was stored, so it is smoke-damaged.
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1989,12.37
