Description
69 inches L x 8
1 inches H x 7 inches Diam
or 'apple green' jade
sheet metal scraps
Mexican artisan Juana Ponce creates this lovely folk art ornament set
Mexican Skeletal Catrina Papier Mache Statuette - Catrina with Lilies feb24bb 69 inches L x 8Working in papier mache, Marina Lozano of Mexico creates this wonderful catrina statuette. The skeletal sculpture is elegantly dressed, with ribbons and flowers in her hair and a bouquet of alcatraces or calla lilies at her bosom. Lozano designs the figurine after the original 'La Calavera Catrina', a zinc etching created by the artist Jos Guadalupe Posada in Mexico around 1910. Posada created the character, a female skeleton with an elegant hat, as a