Miniature Married Skeletons in an Automobile

Art

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Miniature Married Skeletons in an Automobile

Entry/Object ID

E-77

Description

A miniature of two wedded skeletons in a black car with red and white accents. The bride and groom are dressed as such, and there is a small green plaque in the back seat with the words, "Recien casados" in Spanish, or "Just married" in English. The car does not have working wheels.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.14

Source or Donor

Mercado Victoria

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Notes

A note on the original catalog card this list object as being from Puebla, Mexico

Dimensions

Height

2 in

Length

4 in

Color

Black, White, Green

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Has an old accession number written in ink on the bottom of the car- "91.15.247," while the original catalog number listed is LA247 (567)