Museum of the American Indian: Exhibits

Pictures of National Museum of the American Indian Artifacts: Inuit Spirit Drummer
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Pictures of National Museum of the American Indian Artifacts: Mexican Papier-Mbchi Skull
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Mexican Papier-Mbchi Skull

Created for the Day of the Dead in Mexico, skulls like this one, painted in 1972, represent the playfulness of the dead. The holiday is a time of festivity rather than morbidity.
— Photograph by Daniel Rothbart, copyright Smithsonian Institution/National Museum of the American Indian
 

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