papercut
- Museum number
- Am1986,06.488
- Description
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Batch of papercuts; cut with chisel from red tissue paper; design shows skeleton holding guitar at left, skull and crossbones at centre, skeleton with trumpet at right; seven semicircles of floral border along bottom. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 49.50 centimetres
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Width: 75 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This size of papercut is referred to as "de un pliego", from a full sheet. 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.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1986
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1986,06.488
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1986 Am6 266