El Chango del Cilindrero (The organ-grinder's monkey) [miniature scene depicting a skeleton with an organ grinder and monkey], unknown maker from Mexico

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El Chango del Cilindrero (The organ-grinder's monkey) [miniature scene depicting a skeleton with an organ grinder and monkey]
El Chango del Cilindrero (The organ-grinder's monkey) [miniature scene depicting a skeleton with an organ grinder and monkey]
El Chango del Cilindrero (The organ-grinder's monkey) [miniature scene depicting a skeleton with an organ grinder and monkey]
1985–1995
El Chango del Cilindrero (The organ-grinder's monkey) [miniature scene depicting a skeleton with an organ grinder and monkey] , 1985–1995
Where object was made: Oaxaca, Mexico
Material/technique: glass; wood; paint; ceramic
Credit line: Museum purchase: Argersinger Fund
Accession number: 2007.4277
Not on display
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Archive label, Watkins Museum exhibit, date unknown:
In this piece, the implication is that Mexico is the monkey, forced to dance to the tune of the yanquis (Yankees).

Exhibitions

La Catrina Speaks: Political Discourse and Dia de los Muertos
Brittany Keegan, curator
2014