Toy, coffin (Day of the Dead). Coffin containing a skeleton, coffin lid and skeleton rise when attached thread is pulled. Coffin made of thin wood, painted black; skeleton made of clay painted white and black. Ht. 3.8 cm, Length 13.5 cm.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Mexico City, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Mexico, D.F.
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
1956
Materials:
Clay, Paint (coating), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Context of use:
Day of the Dead
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 13.5 centimeters and height 3.8 centimeters