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Death Image

Unknown Artist

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

American Art

Title

Death Image

Date

ca. 1900

Geography

Place made: New Mexico, United States

Medium

Wood

Classification

Sculpture

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

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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Artists and makers

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