figure;
model group
- Museum number
- Am1989,13.102
- Description
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Figure (wearing witch's hat); made of papier mâché over cane framework; in the form of skeleton cancer victim; skeleton painted pale yellow with brown markings, red sores all over body; wears yellow papier mâché trousers with red markings, green shirt with yellow markings, papier mâché medallion painted green with white cross hanging on gold thread around neck; holds green felt leaves in right hand; skeleton mounted on wooden rectangular stand painted gold; "PABLO MORALES" painted in red on underside of stand. Used at Day of the Dead festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 76 centimetres
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Width: 31.50 centimetres
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Depth: 11 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 the 'Apocalypse' section.
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1989,13.102