Name/Title

Toy, Crank

Entry/Object ID

1980.47.002

Description

A Day of the Dead folk toy. The toy is a wooden box with doors that shape a skeleton head with curtains behind. When the doors are open, and scene is shown on the inside. The wooden skeletons on the inside move when the toy is cranked.

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, Paint, Paper

Made/Created

Artist

Gomez, Felipe

Date made

1980

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Mexican

Dimensions

Height

16 in

Width

9 in

Length

5 in

Dimension Notes

Measurements: (16" x 9 x 5") (40.7cm x 22.8cm x 12.7cm)