{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"3425"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Sue Hirsch"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1959"},"labelText":{"label":"Label Text","value":""},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2005    14    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2005.14.1"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paint on wood with fabric and hair"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Oaxaca"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/4683/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"4683"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Day of the Dead Skeleton with Backstrap Loom"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Oaxaca"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["This dramatic figure was probably made as part of a Day of the Dead celebration, a feast during which the living welcome and pay respect to the dead that originated in Mexico. Occurring between October 31 and November 2, it is celebrated in conjunction with the Catholic holidays All Saints\u2019 and All Souls\u2019. Images of skeletons are among the most prevalent in the associated rituals. This example was collected in Oaxaca and, interestingly, shows the figure engaged in the act of tejido weaving using a backstrap loom. This all-but-forgotten ancient technique saw a modest revival in Oaxaca in the 1950s, just about the time this figure was carved. The backstrap loom is a simple and portable construction of sticks, rope, and a strap worn around the weaver\u2019s waist with the other end attached at an angle to a tree or other stable structure. The technique produces a plain weave in traditional geometric motifs used in clothing, belts, and slings to carry babies.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Day of the Dead Skeleton with Backstrap Loom,\" exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Sculpture and Three Dimensional Objects"]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Oaxaca"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"154576"},"geographyState":{"value":""},"geographyCountry":{"value":"Mexico"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Sculpture"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["This dramatic figure was probably made as part of a Day of the Dead celebration, a feast during which the living welcome and pay respect to the dead that originated in Mexico. Occurring between October 31 and November 2, it is celebrated in conjunction with the Catholic holidays All Saints\u2019 and All Souls\u2019. Images of skeletons are among the most prevalent in the associated rituals. This example was collected in Oaxaca and, interestingly, shows the figure engaged in the act of tejido weaving using a backstrap loom. This all-but-forgotten ancient technique saw a modest revival in Oaxaca in the 1950s, just about the time this figure was carved. The backstrap loom is a simple and portable construction of sticks, rope, and a strap worn around the weaver\u2019s waist with the other end attached at an angle to a tree or other stable structure. The technique produces a plain weave in traditional geometric motifs used in clothing, belts, and slings to carry babies.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Day of the Dead Skeleton with Backstrap Loom,\" exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Sculpture and Three Dimensional Objects"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1950"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1950s"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - Sunday, September 2, 2012","exhibitionEndISODate":"2012-09-02","exhibitionID":"149","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2012-01-17","exhibitionBeginDate":"2012","exhibitionTitle":"JUBILATION an act of rejoicing | RUMINATION an act of contemplation","exhibitionEndDate":"2012"}},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"34 × 9 × 5 1/2\" (30\" deep with loom)"}}]}