Name/Title
Dia del Diablo EffigyEntry/Object ID
E-346Description
Made of paper-mâché and a few plastic toys, this devil-like figure has a pointed tail, one claw-like foot, and one shoe. Figure is colored red; his face is painted on with a mustache and goatee and two horns. The left horn is decorated with a pink flower held in place with a plastic skull ring. On his right wrist he wears a bracelet with colorful beads, in his hand he holds a rubber snack toy and 3 matches. In his left hand he holds a stick with a rubber fly and a rubber but. On the back of his head is a wire, perhaps used to hang him for display.Use
Perhaps used in the "Burning of the Devil" day in Guatemala during the Christmas season.Ethnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
Guatemalian