figurine;
model group
- Museum number
- Am1989,12.4.a
- Description
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Figurine in the form of a skeleton on a stool (part of a group that includes a desk); made of papier mâché mounted on a wooden framework; wooden square base, painted brown with red and yellow wavy lines; skeleton painted white with black markings, seated on stool (orange circular top, white post, orange circular base) with left foot on right knee, right hand on left elbow, left hand on head; wears yellow paper waistcoat with blue pockets; "LINO" painted on bottom of left foot. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 34.50 centimetres
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Width: 18 centimetres
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Depth: 22 centimetres
- 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' in section entitled "The Horrors of Telephones".
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1989,12.4.a
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1989 Am12 382a+b