{"id":6621,"date":"2020-09-17T09:13:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T13:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?page_id=6621"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T20:11:00","slug":"la-catrina-figure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/","title":{"rendered":"La Catrina Figure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n
\"La<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

La Catrina is a skeletal woman who portrays a maid dressed in her mistress\u2019s fancy clothes for a night out.\u00a0She appears as an illustration, a figure sculpted from ceramic, wood, papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9, or sugar, and a costumed parade participant. Illustrator Jos\u00e9 Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913) created La Catrina to remind people that in death we are all equal, and earthly riches cannot be taken to the next life.\u00a0 Posada used skeleton images to express social commentary and as an outlet for protest against the dictatorial government.\u00a0 He drew cartoons that appeared in penny papers or broadsheets, which were available to the rich and poor alike.\u00a0 La Catrina is the most recognized of Posada\u2019s creations and influences many artists who create Day of the Dead art today.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posada was largely ignored by the art world during his lifetime, but after his death famous artists including Diego Rivera discovered and popularized his work.  By the 1930s, Posada\u2019s skeleton images were a national symbol.  The popularity of these calaveras<\/em> led to their inclusion in Day of the Dead celebrations.  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

Explore more Day of the Dead artifacts below<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Skull<\/figure>\n\n\n
\n \n
\n \n Candle Holder <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\"calaverita\"<\/figure>\n\n\n
\n \n
\n \n Calaveritas <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\"papel<\/figure>\n\n\n
\n \n
\n \n Papel Picado <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Paper<\/figure>\n\n\n
\n \n
\n \n Papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 Figures <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\"Day<\/figure>\n\n\n
\n \n
\n \n Wooden Toy <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\"Day<\/figure>\n\n\n
\n \n
\n \n Ceramic Plate <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Catrina is a skeletal woman who portrays a maid dressed in her mistress\u2019s fancy clothes for a night out.\u00a0She appears as an illustration, a figure sculpted from ceramic, wood, papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9, or sugar, and a costumed parade participant. Illustrator Jos\u00e9 Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913) created La […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"parent":6583,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"overlay_title":false,"hide_featured_image_post":false,"wfu_hide_page_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6621","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLa Catrina Figure - Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This virtual exhibit section focuses on a ceramic figure of La Catrina, a skeletal woman related to Day of the Dead celebrations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La Catrina Figure - Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This virtual exhibit section focuses on a ceramic figure of La Catrina, a skeletal woman related to Day of the Dead celebrations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-06T20:11:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2020\/09\/AOTM-La-Catrina-603x1024.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/\",\"name\":\"La Catrina Figure - Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2020\/09\/AOTM-La-Catrina-603x1024.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-17T13:13:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-06T20:11:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"This virtual exhibit section focuses on a ceramic figure of La Catrina, a skeletal woman related to Day of the Dead celebrations.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2020\/09\/AOTM-La-Catrina-603x1024.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2020\/09\/AOTM-La-Catrina-603x1024.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Exhibits\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Virtual Exhibits\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Day of the Dead: Artifact Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"La Catrina Figure\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/\",\"name\":\"Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"La Catrina Figure - Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology","description":"This virtual exhibit section focuses on a ceramic figure of La Catrina, a skeletal woman related to Day of the Dead celebrations.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"La Catrina Figure - Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology","og_description":"This virtual exhibit section focuses on a ceramic figure of La Catrina, a skeletal woman related to Day of the Dead celebrations.","og_url":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/","og_site_name":"Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology","article_modified_time":"2024-06-06T20:11:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2020\/09\/AOTM-La-Catrina-603x1024.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/","url":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/","name":"La Catrina Figure - Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2020\/09\/AOTM-La-Catrina-603x1024.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-17T13:13:45+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-06T20:11:00+00:00","description":"This virtual exhibit section focuses on a ceramic figure of La Catrina, a skeletal woman related to Day of the Dead celebrations.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2020\/09\/AOTM-La-Catrina-603x1024.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2020\/09\/AOTM-La-Catrina-603x1024.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/la-catrina-figure\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Exhibits","item":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Virtual Exhibits","item":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Day of the Dead: Artifact Profiles","item":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/day-of-the-dead-artifact-profiles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"La Catrina Figure"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/","name":"Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6621"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10902,"href":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6621\/revisions\/10902"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}