Catrina with Pineapple Day of the Dead Catrina Papier Mache Statuette Alberto Aparicio Canchari An elephant is meticulously handpainted

An elephant is meticulously handpainted on the turtle's shell

which originally took several days or months to complete

Handmade by Indonesian artisan Nyoman Rena

handcrafted by Made Mulyani

using traditional blown glass techniques featuring swirling lines of color like orange

Catrina with Pineapple Day of the Dead Catrina Papier Mache Statuette Alberto Aparicio Canchari An elephant is meticulously handpaintedWorking 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