Wooden Miniature Confesion Voluntaria de un Colombiano

Art

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Wooden Miniature "Confesion Voluntaria de un Colombiano"

Entry/Object ID

E-65

Description

A wood and clay miniature scene of two skeleton men standing over a third skeleton man, whose head is being forced into a bucket. The small wooden box the scene is in is red, with a small mirror on the back panel. One man is dress in what looks like a policeman's uniform, while the other is in a maroon suit with a black hat. The man kneeling has his hands tied behind his back and is dress in a yellow shirt and black pants. A small paper description of the scene is glued to the bottom in Spanish, "Confesion voluntaria de un Colombiano" (Voluntary confession of a Columbian)

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, Clay

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.02

Source or Donor

Craft and Folk Art Museum

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mesoamerican

Culture/Tribe

Mexican

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Depth

3 in

Length

3 in

Color

Red, Blue, Yellow

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

This object has two sets of catalog/accession numbers. The set listed here is the set for El Camino Anthropology Museum, while the second set can only be assumed to be from the Craft and Folk Art Museum (catalog number LA109 (UL44), accession number 91.15.109). The original accession number is written in ink on the bottom of this object, while the number listed here is written on the back left bottom corner.