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Day of the Dead Skeleton with Backstrap Loom Artist unidentified Photographed by Gavin Ashwor…
Day of the Dead Skeleton with Backstrap Loom
Day of the Dead Skeleton with Backstrap Loom Artist unidentified Photographed by Gavin Ashwor…
Day of the Dead Skeleton with Backstrap Loom Artist unidentified Photographed by Gavin Ashworth
Record Details

Day of the Dead Skeleton with Backstrap Loom

Artist
Place/RegionOaxaca, Mexico
Date1950s
MediumPaint on wood with fabric and hair
Dimensions34 × 9 × 5 1/2" (30" deep with loom)
Credit LineGift of Sue Hirsch
Accession number2005.14.1
ClassificationSculpture
On View
Not on view
The World Bessie Harvey Photographed by Gavin Ashworth
The World
Bessie Harvey
c. 1987
1998.10.26
Artist unidentified, “Odd Fellow Mask”, United States, n.d (early 20th century), Paint, fabric …
Odd Fellow Mask
Artist unidentified
Early 20th century
2019.12.5
Crucifix Chester Cornett Photo by John Parnell
Crucifix
Chester Cornett
c. 1968
1983.28.1
Group of Three Figures and a Gramophone Steven Ashby Photo by John Parnell
Group of three figures and a gramophone
Steve Ashby
1970
1977.21.7
Mother and Child Steven Ashby Photo by Gavin Ashworth
Mother and Child
Steve Ashby
1970
1977.21.6
Encyclopedic Palace/Palazzo Enciclopedico/Palacio Enciclopedico/Palais Encyclopédique or Monume…
Encyclopedic Palace/Palazzo Enciclopedico/Palacio Enciclopedico/Palais Encyclopédique or Monumento Nazionale. Progetto Enciclopedico Palazzo (U.S. patent no. 179,277)
Marino Auriti
1950s
2002.35.1
Father Time Artist unidentified Photo by John Parnell
Father Time
Artist unidentified
c. 1910
1964.2.1
Felipe Benito Archuleta, “Lion”, Tesuque, New Mexico, Dated 12-30-77, Cottonwood, hair, paint, …
Lion
Felipe Benito Archuleta
December 30, 1977
1988.22.1
Bust of a Woman in Purple Gregorio Marzan, (1906–1997) Photographed by Gavin Ashworth
Bust of a Woman in Purple
Gregorio Marzan
c. 1986
1998.2.1
Bust of a Woman Gregorio Marzan, (1906–1997) Photographed by Gavin Ashworth
Bust of a Woman
Gregorio Marzan
c. 1986
1998.2.2
Gregorio Marzan, (1906–1997), “Bust of a Man”, Bronx, New York, c. 1986, Paint and human-hair w…
Bust of a Man
Gregorio Marzan
c. 1986
1998.2.3
Gregorio Marzan, (1906–1997), “Bust of a Man”, Bronx, New York, c. 1986, Paint and human-hair w…
Bust of a Man
Gregorio Marzan
c. 1986
1998.2.4