Greeting cards

Museum number:
3-29153a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210329153a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Greeting cards. Small white cards carrying the message "Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano Nuevo". A) decorated with cloth and painted figure of a woman beside a water well. B) decorated with a feather and painted figure of a bird on a branch. 10.0 cm X 6.0 cm
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, unspecified
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Materials:
Feather (material), Paint (coating), and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Greeting cards
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Context of use:
Christmas/New Years (attr. Dr. Ira Jacknis)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters and width 6 centimeters
Comment:
H-19-4
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Greeting cards, accession number 3-29153a,b, described as Greeting cards. Small white cards carrying the message "Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano Nuevo". A) decorated with cloth and painted figure of a woman beside a water well. B) decorated with a feather and painted figure of a bird on a branch. 10.0 cm X 6.0 cm

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