frida kahlo - mexican handmade - catrina doll (green)  catrina ('dapper skeleton', 'elegant skull') is a 1910–1913 zinc etching by famous mexican printmaker, cartoon illustrator and lithographer josé guadalupe posada born in aguascalientes. the image depicts a female skeleton dressed only in a hat befitting the upper class outfit of a european of her time. her chapeau en attende is related to european styles of the early 20th century. she is offered as a satirical portrait of those mexican natives who, posada felt, were aspiring to adopt european aristocratic traditions in the pre-revolution era. she, in particular, has become an icon of the mexican día de los muertos, or day of the dead. "la catrina has become the referential image of death in mexico, it is common to see her embodied as part of the celebrations of day of the dead throughout the country; she has become a motive for the creation of handcrafts made from clay or other materials, her representations may vary, as well as the hat." – j.g. posada while the original work by posada introduced the character, the popularity of la calavera catrina as well as her name is derived from a work by artist diego rivera in his 1947 completed mural sueño de una tarde dominical en la alameda central (dream of a sunday afternoon along central alameda).