Miniature skeleton in a coffen

Art

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Miniature skeleton in a coffen

Entry/Object ID

E-86

Description

A miniature skeleton in a wooden coffin. The coffin is brown on the outside and blue on the inside, with red accents along the top edge. There is a small brown beer bottle inside the coffin with the skeleton. It has a yellow label.

Artwork Details

Medium

Clay, Wood

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.23

Source or Donor

Torrija Family Gallery

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Notes

Listed as being from Zona Rosa, Mexico City, Mexico

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

1 in

Color

Brown, Blue, White, Yellow

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Previous accession number is written on the bottom, "91.15.128.1"