figurine;
model group
- Museum number
- Am1990,08.107.b
- Description
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Figurine (one of a set of three); made of pottery; in the form of skeleton groom; circular pottery base, painted green; head separate piece of pottery mounted on body with wire, skull and hands painted beige with black markings, orange eye sockets, suit black with gold buttons, shirt white, tie red. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.50 centimetres
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Width: 3 centimetres
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Depth: 3 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'
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1990
- Acquisition notes
- Cost for all three (a-c).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1990,08.107.b