figurine
- Museum number
- Am1990,08.40
- Description
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Figurine; made of papier mâché and wire; in the form of two newspaper boys on bicycle; bicycle made of wire with wheels painted purple, frame red, seat orange, handlebars black; driver of bike made of wire painted orange with black bones, red baseball cap, pink around nose; bundle of papier mâché newspapers, brightly painted, on handlebars in front of driver; tall bundle of papier mâché newspapers above back wheel, with wire skeleton on top painted yellow with black bones, burgundy hair, pink around nose; metal license plate hangs on back, painted red and etched with snake and "MEXICO MORENO". Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 42.50 centimetres
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Width: 10.50 centimetres
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Depth: 28 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
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1990,08.40
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1990 Am8 123