Description

This is a catrina figure made with a plastic skeleton body, a paper mache dress, plastic jewelry, yarn hair, foam hat and a feathers attached to the hat. This catrina figure was made by an artist from Austin, Texas. La calavera Catrina, originally calavera Garbancera, is a frequent sculptural figure in Día de los Muertos festivities. La calavera Catrina was created by artist José Guadalupe Posada as a social critique of those who wanted to look up to the European bourgeoisie and despised their own Mexican-ness.