Papier Mache Statuette - Catrina with Pineapple Thinking of You If you're a cat lover

If you're a cat lover

The rims of the container and lid

decorated with a brass inlay design that resembles a die

screws and wire all find a new life in this handcrafted sculpture

Materials: Mango wood

Papier Mache Statuette - Catrina with Pineapple Thinking of You If you're a cat loverWorking in papier mache, Marina Lozano of Mexico creates this delightful catrina statuette. The skeletal sculpture is elegantly dressed, with flowers in her hair and a pineapple in her hand. 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 portrait of Mexican natives