Wooden Serpent with Wheels

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Wooden Serpent with Wheels

Entry/Object ID

E-127

Description

Wooden figure of a serpent with wheels, but one is missing. There is a scale design on the body of the snake. A skeleton man is riding on top of the snake, and another is being eaten. The figure folds in the center and the skeleton man on top can be folded back.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.63

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Dimensions

Length

19 in

Color

Brown, Red, White, Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

One wheel missing and skeleton on top of snake is missing an arm.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Previous accession number: 1976.3.4