Skeleton with drums display

A happy skeleton playing drums

A happy skeleton playing drums

Name/Title

Skeleton with drums display

Entry/Object ID

E-70

Description

This paper mache sculpture of a skeleton playing drums is drenched in color. The skeleton and drum set sit on a blue wooden base, while his drums are yellow, pink, and green, with gold and purple accents. The gold cymbals on the drum set are slightly movable.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, Wood

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Ethnography
Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.07

Source or Donor

Craft and Folk Art Museum

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mesoamerican

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

6 in

Color

Blue, Pink, Red, Green, Yellow, White, Purple, Black, Gold

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

On the bottom of the base is a slip of paper with information about the price of this piece, what it is, where it was made, and a number (perhaps a cataloging number from the shop it was purchased at?) There is also a small written accession number on in the corner reading "177.11.2" perhaps an old accession number from the Craft and Folk Art Museum.

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

The original catalog card for this object lists "LA 121" as it's catalog number, perhaps from the Craft and Folk Art Museum.