Yee-haw, dead pardners! Your favorite vaquera muerta saddled up this old bag of bones, and rode out to see what she could find on the world wide timewasting web this week. I thought you might enjoy some seasonally appropriate artwork from out here in the southwestern borderlands, the happy location of Casa Historiann. Dia de los Muertos is big around here–my town is about 30 percent Latino, so we’ll be having some fun this weekend hanging out with all of these jangly skeletons! (And save a sugar skull for me, por favor.) All of these images can be found at www.buckaroosandbones.com, and prints that are for sale there.
So, without further ado, let the gallery tour begin! First, we have a classic from Mexican history, the Virgin of Guadelupe.
My favorites are probably the ones that reference 1960s pop culture:
Remember this little girl?
And of course, a bony Barbie!
Historiann 
Bony Barbie must have had silicon implants because her boobs are still intact!
Great images! I miss Dia de los Muertos. Some of the altars were so moving, combining both joy and grief.
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Awesome gallery, Historiann!! You made my dia.
I just love that Guadalupe! Where can I find a copy? BTW, we were looking through old pics yesterday and saw Historiann at a kiddie birthday back in 1999.
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This stuff puts me in a sort of “jam band” mood! This is what album covers used to look like, back in the day. I’m no paleontologist, but it also looks like a small dinosaur that’s tearing away at that primordial “bathing suit” in the fourth pic from the top.
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Rad–the website is buckaroosandbones.com. I don’t know if you can get a copy of the V of G–that’s one that may be one-of-a-kind, but I’m sure you can contact the artist through the website.
Clio B.–does anyone know the history of cosmetic plastic surgery? When did breast implants get invented? I wonder if they were available in the 1950s or 1960s–I have no clue, but hope someone else does who might read and respond to this SOS.
And Indyanna–that dog skeleton does look like a little dinosaur. (Or does it just seem that way because we’re so much more accustomed to seeing dinosaur skeletons than dog skeletons, and we elide the forms in our brains?)
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I’ve long thought November 1 was a good day to listen to several of the Southwest Ballads performed by the Grateful Dead: “Me and My Uncle,” “El Paso,” and “Mexicali Blues” quickly come to mind. I’ve long suspected that the Dead’s skull and roses emblem had been inspired by Dia de los Muertos iconography.
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Hi James–good to hear from you. Speaking of flowers, I just noticed yesterday the prevalence of marigolds on the images above–perhaps a more seasonal decoration than roses?
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