Mexico and Day of the Dead

Codex Borgia - Ancient Mexican Manuscript

cihuateteo

Represents cichuateteo - the malevolent spirits of
women who died in childbirth. (Aztec, AD 1300-1521)

diablo

Diabolismo in New Spain Stone sculpture representing atzompantli (skull rack). (Maya, AD 1200)

calaveras

The sugar market at Toluca (feria del alfeñique).                         Catrina is an icon of death invented by José
A display of sugar skulls for Day of the Dead.                              Guadalupe Posada. It is a calaca or calavera, but
                                                                                                             dressed in an aristocratic manner.   Posada used it as                                                                                                              a way of criticizing the rich society of Mexico.

Mestizo family ofrenda

Arturo García Osorio