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Day of the Dead Skeleton Doll
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Day of the Dead Skeleton Doll

Maker Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
DateMid 20th C
MediumPigment, wood, nails in feet and arms
Dimensions14 1/4” H x 5” W
SignedNone
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object numberNLA2012.01.LMA
DescriptionRoughly carved standing skeletal figure painted in black and white with inverted heart shaped shorts in red. Stationary legs and articulated arms with one open palm and one closed fist that was designed to hold something now missing.
ClassificationsSculpture
Exhibitions
Makers and Materials of the Americas
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Front view
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
2000
Side view
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
c. 1978
Overall view
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
1950
Front view
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
1970s
Front view
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
Front view
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
Front view
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
Front view
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
1950s
Front view
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
1970
Side view
Unknown, Native American (Latin America)
Late 20th C
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