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View full screenMiniature black wooden coffin, containing a moveable shrouded skeleton, the lid with painted white swirls and inscription 'Solos contra el destino', made for the Mexican Day of the Dead festival: North America, Mexico, Mexico City, 1999
K.1999.1423
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Mexico City, Mexico, North America
1999
Wood, white paint, fired clay, string, fabric
Mexico City, Mexico, North America
Mexican Day of the Dead festival
Sonora Market, Mexico City, Mexico, North America
Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Carmichael, E., and Sayer, C., The Skeleton at the Feast, Texas, 1997
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