Papel picado

Museum number:
3-29046a-g
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210329046a@2dg
Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Banners, tissue paper. Bright colored tissue paper with cut-out design depicting fiesta activities -- dancers, cockfight, balloons, fireworks. 75 cm x 45 cm approximately Made in Huizcolotla, Puebla
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Mexico City, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Mexico D.F.
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Context of use:
Fiesta decoration
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 75 centimeters and height 45 centimeters
Comment:
L-3-3
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Papel picado, accession number 3-29046a-g, described as Banners, tissue paper. Bright colored tissue paper with cut-out design depicting fiesta activities -- dancers, cockfight, balloons, fireworks. 75 cm x 45 cm approximately Made in Huizcolotla, Puebla

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