Miniature Uncle Sam Skeletons

Art

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Miniature Uncle Sam Skeletons

Entry/Object ID

E-72-AB

Description

Two skeletons dressed a bit like Uncle Sam They both wear blue and star pattern hats, white blazers with red stripes, and blue pants. They stand on red wooden bases, one round and the other square. The skeleton on the square base wears glasses, and both have their right arms stretched outward. On the base of both skeletons, written in white paint, are the words "Mexicano, tu me deves," which means, "you own me," in English.

Artwork Details

Medium

Clay, Paper, Wood

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.09

Source or Donor

La coleccion de Falguerez

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Culture/Tribe

Mexican

Notes

From Mexico City, Mexico, Zona Rosa region

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

2 in

Dimension Notes

Both figures have the same dimensions.

Color

Black, Red, White, Blue

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

These two objects have previous catalog and accession numbers: LA136 (102a) and 1991.15.136. It is not known who these two objects originally belonged too, as their catalog card lists the source as "La caleccion de Felguerez." However, these numbers have a resemblance to numbers on other objects that were previously sourced from the Craft and Folk Art Museum. Perhaps there is some connection to these to institutions.