figurine;
model group
- Museum number
- Am1990,08.154.c
- Description
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Figurine (one of model group of funeral scene); made of pottery; in the form of skeleton priest; hat painted blue, scarf red; face painted white with black markings, black cross on forehead; robe black, white over-tunic; holds black bible (white inside) in left hand, aspergillum (tool for sprinkling holy water) in right hand; "Josefina Aguilar" incised on inside of robe. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 12 centimetres
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Width: 5 centimetres
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Depth: 6 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 23 (a-w).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1990,08.154.c