Miniature grave with Epitaph

Art

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Miniature grave with Epitaph

Entry/Object ID

E-89

Description

This small grave is white on a green base, with a black cross at the head. A skull, two pink flowers made of cloth, and a small pot lay at the foot of the grave. In red, the epitaph "Negro camo el carbon al infierno bas cabron RIP," is written in Spanish.

Artwork Details

Medium

Cloth, Wood, Clay

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.26

Source or Donor

Torrija Family Gallery

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Notes

Source of this object is listed as being from Zona Rosa, Mexico city, Mexico

Dimensions

Height

1 in

Width

2 in

Length

3 in

Color

Green, White, Black, Pink, Red

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Previously written accession number is written on the bottom, "91.15.127"