Death Image
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Unknown Artist. Death Image, ca. 1900. Wood, 14 x 6 x 8 in. (35.6 x 15.2 x 20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin, 1989.77. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Artist
Title
Death Image
Date
ca. 1900
Geography
Place made: New Mexico, United States
Medium
Wood
Classification
Dimensions
14 x 6 x 8 in. (35.6 x 15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin
Accession Number
1989.77
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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Frequent Art Questions
Where is this sculpture from?
It was made in New Mexico in the early 1900s!Thank you!What is this little guy?
This is a Death Image likely from the American Southwest. This statuette appears to be of a type that would be placed in a small cart and included in Holy Week processions in some Catholic communities in Mexico and the Southwest.The figure itself may represent Doña Sebastiana, the Angel of Death.Ooh thanks!
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