Day of the dead figurines

Museum number:
3-29032
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Miniature, skeleton orchestra (Day of the Dead). Ten skeleton figures made of wire and plaster wearing somberos and each holding a different musical instrument; mounted separately on small wood platforms and all glued to piece of green construction paper. Figures Ht approx. 2.0 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:
1957
Materials:
Paint (coating), Paper (fiber product), Plaster, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Miniature (size attribute)
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:
height 2 centimeters
Comment:
H-9-7
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Day of the dead figurines, accession number 3-29032, described as Miniature, skeleton orchestra (Day of the Dead). Ten skeleton figures made of wire and plaster wearing somberos and each holding a different musical instrument; mounted separately on small wood platforms and all glued to piece of green construction paper. Figures Ht approx. 2.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Day of the dead figurines, accession number 3-29032, described as Miniature, skeleton orchestra (Day of the Dead). Ten skeleton figures made of wire and plaster wearing somberos and each holding a different musical instrument; mounted separately on small wood platforms and all glued to piece of green construction paper. Figures Ht approx. 2.0 cm

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