La Calavera Oaxaqueña

The Calavera from Oaxaca

Broadside, etching, continued verso, 1903
16" x 12"
Signed: Posada
JCC.JGP: C49

In the same manner that the corridos glorify the valientes, these verses praise the calavera from Oaxaca, the fiercest and most bloodthirsty of all. This calavera is not afraid of anything or anyone and has killed thousands in all the cities, leaving four-meter high towers of skulls in each place. As the corrido bids farewell, everyone is commanded to remove their hats and kiss the feet of the brave Oaxacan calavera.