Effigy
An effigy is a representation of a specific person, especially in the form of sculpture or some other three-dimensional medium. Effigies are common elements in art of the dead. They are usually made of stone or metal and placed on a tomb.[1]
Effigy Media
Burning of Judas Iscariot, Brazil, 1909
Effigy of Ravana, a figure from the Ramayana, with burning sparklers, in Manchester, England, in 2006
The funeral effigy of Elizabeth of York, mother of King Henry VIII, wax, 1503, Westminster Abbey
A rare wax funerary effigy of a private person, who stipulated it be made in her will, England, 1744. Holy Trinity Church, Stow Bardolph, Norfolk.
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"Grand Rababou" (from the French word rababouêt, 'voleur de bois', poor wood thief) depicted here with the classic anti-Semitic stereotypes of hooked nose, bags and suitcases full of money is burnt annually in the ″Carnaval des Bolzes″ of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Modern Marzanna (goddess) effigy, Poland
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An 18th-century engraving of a Celtic wicker man, ready for burning
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Welsh children with their Guy Fawkes effigy in November 1962. The sign reads "Penny for the Guy".
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Every year The Man is burned at the Burning Man festival, Nevada
