Skeleton with Chisel and Hammer

Art

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

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Name/Title

Skeleton with Chisel and Hammer

Entry/Object ID

E-71

Description

This sculpture portrays a skeleton made of paper mache and wire, chiseling away at a two headed figure made of clay or wood. The sculpture stands on a purple base made of wood, while his subject sits on a red, wooden table.

Artwork Details

Medium

Clay, Wood, Paper

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.08

Source or Donor

The Craft and Folk Art Museum

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mesoamerican

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

7 in

Color

Purple, Beige, White, Yellow, Red

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

On the bottom of the base of this sculpture is a slip of paper listing what this figure is, how much it cost, and number, perhaps a number from the shop it was purchased at. It also has an old accession number, possibly from the Craft and Folk Art Museum, reading "1977.11.1"