The original version is a metal engraving authorship cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada, the original name is "Skull Garbancera '. "Garbancera 'is the word that was then known people who sold garbanza that having Indian blood claimed to be European, whether Spanish or French (more commonly, during the Porfiriato) and reneged on their race, heritage and culture. It was Diego Rivera who first drew dressed in her mural Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda, where the skull appears as a companion to its creator: José Guadalupe Posada. Muralist who was also called 'Catrina' name that was later popularized, thereby making it a popular Mexican character.