Modeled Clay Figures: Dancers
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jul 1981
name: label: Donor Name
content: Office Of Folklife Programs
notes: label: Notes
content: Ceramic skeletons (calaveras). From card: "Painted clay figures of two clothed skeletons, male and female, dancing. Attached with wire to square masonite base, painted green. Woman with polka dot skirt, green crepe paper sash. Man with brown suit, tie and hat. Decoration for Mexican Day of the Dead. Loaned to Renwick 12/17/(19)81, returned 8/1983."
label: Notes
content: ONE OF ELEVEN DECORATIONS MADE FOR MEXICAN CELEBRATION OF "DAY OF THE DEAD", (ALL SOUL'S & ALL SAINTS' DAY, NOV. 2). PURCHASED IN MEXICO CITY, NOV. 1, 1979 BY RAQUEL B. CEJA; SPECIFICALLY ASSEMBLED FOR RENWICK'S CELEBRATION EXHIBIT (1981). ITEMS MADE FOR SALE AS DECORATIONS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Metepec, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mexican
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 345735
label: USNM Number
content: E421293-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure