Miniature La luz es Nuestra

Art

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Miniature "La luz es Nuestra"

Entry/Object ID

E-88

Description

A skeleton man lays on a red base, with some type of wand, made of a glass marble and black rod, lay on top of him. A slip of paper with the words, "La luz es nuestra" in Spanish ("The light is ours" in English) is glued to the base.

Artwork Details

Medium

Clay, Wood, Glass

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.25

Source or Donor

Torrija Family Gallery

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Notes

Source listed as from Zona Rosa, Mexico City, Mexico

Dimensions

Width

4 in

Accessories

Notes

Has a glass marble glued to the black rod and the skeletons arm

Color

Red, White, Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Previously written accession number on bottom is "91.15.122"