La Miscelánea Fiscal (This Fiscal Miscellany) [miniature drugstore counter scene with two skeleton customers], unknown maker from Mexico

Artwork Overview

La Miscelánea Fiscal (This Fiscal Miscellany) [miniature drugstore counter scene with two skeleton customers] , 1985–1995
Where object was made: Oaxaca, Mexico
Material/technique: ceramic; wood; paint
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 6.5 x 10 x 5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 2 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 1 15/16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Argersinger Fund
Accession number: 2007.4276
Not on display

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Label texts

Visible and Divisible America: In Conversation with the 2019–2020 KU Common Book

In Tales of Two Americas, Dagoberto Gilb recalls spending time with a fruit vendor in Oaxaca and admiring the satisfaction she derived from her labor and her life. Gilb contrasts this experience to the unappreciated privilege he often encounters among Americans. In these examples of folk art associated with Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the working-class world of typical Oaxacans is sharply contrasted to the leisurely lives of “Americanos.”

Visible and Divisible America: In Conversation with the 2019–2020 KU Common Book

In Tales of Two Americas, Dagoberto Gilb recalls spending time with a fruit vendor in Oaxaca and admiring the satisfaction she derived from her labor and her life. Gilb contrasts this experience to the unappreciated privilege he often encounters among Americans. In these examples of folk art associated with Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the working-class world of typical Oaxacans is sharply contrasted to the leisurely lives of “Americanos.”

Archive label, Watkins Museum exhibit, date unknown:
This scene depicts a small, local cheese shop with a grand name.

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