drawn works as well as sculptures made out of Oaxacan wood carvings, paper-mâché sculptures, majolica pottery, and barro negro black clay pottery. She is also coupled with male skeletons. Costume Dressing as a "Catrina" is a popular costume in Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico. Catrinas typically feature calavera (sugar skull) make-up. There is also a male counterpart to the Catrina, called the Catrin. They wear the same skull makeup and black clothes, either a formal suit with a top hat or a mariachi costume. A cane might also be part of the costume. Gallery See also All Saints Day Danse Macabre Day of the Dead Death (personification) Ghosts in Mexican culture Memento mori Santa Muerte Skeleton (undead) References External links Calavera Catrina by José Guadalupe Posada in the Digital Collections of the Ibero-American Institute Mexican culture 1913 works 20th-century etchings Fictional skeletons Holiday characters Mexican art Personifications of death Skulls in art