Sleeping sickness - Grave statue from Mexico 

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Sleeping sickness - Grave statue from Mexico
Sleeping sickness - Grave statue from Mexico
Sleeping sickness - Grave statue from Mexico
Sleeping sickness - Grave statue from MexicoSleeping sickness - Grave statue from MexicoSleeping sickness - Grave statue from Mexico

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
8447467
Area
Figures and statuettes
Title
Sleeping sickness - Grave statue from Mexico
Series / Movie / Game
Mexicaanse Beelden
Character
Slaapziekte grafbeeldje
Collection / Set
Mexican Images
Sub-set
Number in collection
Type
Statuette
Manufacturer/make
Copyright holder
Material
Year
1974
Country
Mexico
Type of object
Theme
Grafbeelden
Scale
Object designer
Designer of the source material
Number produced
Dimensions
H=11,5 L=9,0 cm
Details

Copy terracotta tomb statue related to sleeping sickness - Terracotta or clay on wood Mexico - 1950-1974 Copy of Terracotta tomb statue from Mexico, mounted on a wooden base, on the bottom is information about the origin of the statue. Text is: "Sleeping sickness, 2nd phase / Grave statue from the / region of Colima-Jalisco-Nayarit / (Mexico) / 400-800 BC. The (South) American sleeping sickness is caused by a single-celled parasite, which is transmitted by the predatory bug, or "killer bug". Also called Chagas disease. Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas first described the condition in 1909. But Trypanosoma infections turn out to be much older. They probably already existed among the first prehistoric inhabitants of Latin America. Dimensions figurine: 11.5 cm (13.5 cm with base) x 9 cm.

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