papercut
- Museum number
- Am1989,12.420
- Description
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Batch of papercuts; cut from white paper; image shows vase? at centre with flowers around it. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 24 centimetres
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Width: 37.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- 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 altars in San Salvador Huixcolotla.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1989,12.420