Marina Lozano of Mexico works in papier mache to create this delightful catrina statuette. The skeletal sculpture is elegantly attired, with flowers and a ribbon in her hair and an apron tied around her waist. The artisan 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 satirical portrait of Mexican natives who aspired to European style and denied their own heritage. The catrina has since become an emblem of Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration and a popular folk art subject.

• Papier mache
• 0.12 kg
• 33 cm H x 15 cm W x 17 cm D