Día de los Muertos prop (5)

I believe the answer is:

skull

(Other definitions for skull that I've seen before include "Head structure" , "brains here" , "Enclosure for the brain" , "Pirate flag feature" , "Brain casing" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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