Minatare Todo Para El Ganador

Art

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Minatare "Todo Para El Ganador"

Entry/Object ID

E-69

Description

A clay and wood miniature scene of three skeletons, two men and one woman, at a table drinking and playing cards. The floor is red and white, while the two seated skeleton men are wearing black and green suits. The man in black also wears a tan, wide brimmed hat. The woman skeleton is standing, dressed in a long blue dress. All three of them have cards, made of slips of paper. A slip of paper rests on the floor, with the words, "Todo Para El Ganador," in Spanish, which means "Winner takes all" in English.

Artwork Details

Medium

Clay, Wood, Paper

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.06

Source or Donor

Torrija Family Gallery

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Culture/Tribe

Mexican

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Width

4 in

Depth

2 in

Color

Red, Blue, Black, Green

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

This object has two sets of catalog/accession numbers. The set listed here is the set for El Camino Anthropology Museum, while the second set can only be assumed to be from the Torrija Family Gallery (catalog number LA120 (551), accession number 91.15.120). The original accession number is written in ink on the bottom left of this object, while the number listed here is written on bottom, above the original accession number.

Note Type

In-House Note

Note

After finding several other entries of this kind, it can only be assumed that these Day of the Dead objects where re-assigned accession numbers at some point, but no records of this have been found.