Canasta Básica (miniature scene of three female skeletons playing cards), unknown maker from Mexico

Archive label, Watkins Museum exhibit, date unknown:
This title contains an ironic double-meaning. It refers to the middle-class card game canasta and also to the basic subsidized foods of the poor such as beans, corn, rice, and tortillas. The mirror brings the viewer into the game, either as a player or as an onlooker.