banner;
papercut
- Museum number
- Am1986,06.490.b
- Description
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Banner; cut with chisel from tissue paper; wooden dowel at top, with green tissue paper fringe at each end; yellow tissue paper folded around banner and glued; design shows sun above birds and flowers. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 129 centimetres
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Width: 49 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.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1986
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1986,06.490.b
