Rubber skeleton with inflatable limbs, from Mexican Day of the Dead festival

This toy is one of a huge range of items made for the Mexican Day of the Dead festival (31 October - 2 November). Skeleton imagery is often used to remind people that we will all die.

This rubber skeleton has a rigid body and inflatable bent limbs, operated by squeezing a valve at the end of a tube connected to the body.

The Mexican Day of the Dead festival combines the Christian feasts of All Souls' Day (31 October) and All Saints' Day (Todos Santos, Hallowmas, 1 November) with pre-Christian beliefs, in celebrating the return of the dead with feasts and offerings.

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Online ID:	000-190-004-335-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland K.1999.1425
Date:	1999
Material:	Rubber
Dimensions:	183 mm L x 70 mm W x 50 mm deep (limbs extended)
What:	Skeleton / toy
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Where:	Central America, Mexico Mexico, Mexico City (Sonora Market)
Event:	Mexican Day of the Dead festival
Description:	Rubber toy skeleton with rigid body and inflatable bent limbs, operated by squeezing a valve at the end of a tube connected to the body, made for the Mexico Day of the Dead festival, 1999
References:	Carmichael, E. and Sayer, C. The Skeleton at the Feast, Texas, 1997 Carmichael, E. and Sayer, C., The Skeleton at the feast. Texas: 1997
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