papercut
- Museum number
- Am1990,08.458
- Description
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Papercut; cut with chisel from red tissue paper; design shows girl on left with stick, girl on right with basket, pinata hanging from roof; sides serrated; bottom bells and flowers.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 69.50 centimetres
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Width: 48 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; Fig. 107 p. 103 shows Maurilio Rojas at work.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1990
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1990,08.458