Catrina with Lilies Mexican Skeletal Catrina Papier Mache Statuette _artisan--novica-artisan-10428 completed by cloth-like patterns

completed by cloth-like patterns

Sterling silver embraces composite turquoise in the discreet yet beautiful studs

harking back to the ancient Maya

knotted by hand on golden strands

Natural labradorite is the centerpiece of this elegant bracelet

Catrina with Lilies Mexican Skeletal Catrina Papier Mache Statuette _artisan--novica-artisan-10428 completed by cloth-like patternsWorking in papier mache, Marina Lozano of Mexico creates this wonderful catrina statuette. The skeletal sculpture is elegantly dressed, with ribbons and flowers in her hair and a bouquet of alcatraces or calla lilies at her bosom. 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