Object types
papercut (scope note | all objects)
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
cut (all objects)
Production person
Made by Ernesto Vivanco (biographical details | all objects)
Production place
Made in San Salvador Huixcolotla (all objects)
Date
1980s
Description
Papercut; cut with chisel from gold foil paper; design shows skeleton bishop with pointed hat, staff in hand, skeleton behind carrying candle. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
Dimensions
Height: 31 centimetres
Width: 25 centimetres
Curator's comments
This type of papercutting is focused especially in San Salvador Huixcolotla. Artists from other areas have copied this style, but San Salvador Huixcolotla remains the centre, with key families such as the Vivancos and the Rojas carrying on the tradition. See Carmichael, Elizabeth and Sayer, Chloë. The Skeleton at the Feast, The Day of the Dead in Mexico. London: British Museum Press, 1991 pp. 101-107 for description of papercutting in San Salvador Huixcolotla.
Subject
cleric (scope note | all objects)
Associated events
Used at Day of the Dead
Acquisition date
1990
Acquisition name
Collected by Chloe Sayer (biographical details | all objects)
Collected by Elizabeth M Carmichael (biographical details | all objects)
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