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Item number 3573/14 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Hand painted figural skull covered in insects - flies and larvae. The skull is painted like a sugar skull (la calavera de azuca) with lacy patterns outlining the eye sockets and jaw line, and large fern-like leaves extending down the cranium. Colourful insects are crawling all over the upper portion of the skull as well as two crawling out from the eye sockets. The insects have clay bodies and metal legs and antennae. The interior is painted yellow-green.

Narrative

Purchased by the donor in the maker's workshop in Izúcar de Matamoros, c. 1998.

Item History

Made by Alfonso Castillo (Maker) in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico during 1998
Collected during 1998
Owned by Max Diaz before May 26, 2022
Received from Max Diaz (Donor) on May 26, 2022