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Latin American Carved Wood Skeleton Day of the Dead browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Americas:Latin American:Pre 1970: item # 752127 Please refer to our stock # TF-KD1 when inquiring.
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| Offered here is a superb wood carving (esqueleto madera) representing the Dominion of Death over the Temporal World. Standing with one foot perched on a cross topped globe, King Death shows his disregard for all, including the cross, with scythe at the ready. Beautifully carved, and retaining most of his original decorative paint, this great example of Dias de los Muertos thened folk art is of indeterminate age. His crown, scythe blade and the cross on the world are all crafted from tin, while the scythe staff, the crowns finial and the world itself are carved of wood. While there are indicators of some 'true' age, suggesting to us he is at least 70 years old, we only know for certain that we found him during the 1970's and he seemed fairly old then. | ||
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