Catrina Skeleton Sculpture - Catrina with Watermelon Gold Plated Peru of natural raw materials

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Catrina Skeleton Sculpture - Catrina with Watermelon Gold Plated Peru of natural raw materialsWorking in papier mache, Marina Lozano of Mexico creates this excellent catrina statuette. The skeletal sculpture is elegantly dressed, with ribbons and flowers in her hair and a large slice of watermelon in her hands. Lozano 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