Day of the Dead Altar – Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda

**About This Item**
The distressed black cabinet has subtle silver painted accents. The doors feature pink sugar skull paper cut-outs on an orange paper background, with plastic in the front to give the illusion of glass. Inside the cabinet, the shelves are painted black and lined with cotton lace trim, and the back of the shelves are decorated in festive pink and orange.

The top shelf of the altar has a ceramic jug filled with dried orange and yellow flowers to represent “Cempasuchitl” – the flowers of the dead.

There’s also a Pan de Muerto, a traditional sweet bread decorated with “bones.” Next to the loaf of bread, there’s a framed photograph of a young Frida Kahlo. There’s also a Virgen de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe) candle in a jar.

The second shelf has a melted wax candle and a pomegranate next to a wooden bowl with oranges and grapes. There’s also two skulls with a dried flower and a tiny La Calavera Catrina statuette – the “grande dame of death.”

The bottom shelf has another skull next to a silver Holy Cross (to represent the holiday’s European Christian roots), a dried flower and another Virgen de Guadalupe candle. There’s also another Pan de Muerto, a dried flower, a skull, a bottle of wine, a fresh orange and a melted wax candle.

**Size**
The altar cabinet measures approximately 5″ tall, 4″ wide and 1.3″ deep.

**Scale**
1:12 or 1″

**Included in This Listing**
– Distressed black cabinet with two doors that open; each door has a clear plastic front over pink paper sugar skulls over an orange paper background
– 2 handmade polymer clay Pan de Muerto loaves
– 2 handmade polymer clay melted wax candles
– 2 handmade resin Virgen de Guadalupe candles in jars
– 4 ceramic skull beads in white, orange and pink
– 1 silver cross on a wooden base
– 1 ceramic jug filled with dried flowers, along with assorted separate dried flowers
– 1 resin bottle of wine
– 1 framed photo of Frida Kahlo
– 1 handmade polymer clay pomegranate
– 1 wooden bowl with handmade polymer clay oranges and grapes
– 1 handmade polymer clay orange with leaf
– 1 ceramic La Calavera Catrina statuette

All items are permanently affixed to the cabinet.

Due to the value of this piece, I only offer USPS Priority Mail or Priority Mail Express for shipping.

**Important Notice**
These items are for serious adult collectors only. They are collectibles made for display and decorative purposes only. They are not toys and should not be given to small children as they pose a choking hazard. Made in a smoke-free home studio.

Please be sure to read this listing carefully for everything that is included and the size. If you have any questions about the item, please don’t hesitate to convo me before purchase.

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