Toy

Museum number:
3-29036
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Toy, bridal couple (Day of the Dead). Skeleton figures representing a bridal couple made of wire and plaster with bride wearing a lace cloth veil; figures are painted and mounted on a masonite platform painted bright blue. Figures Ht. 7.5 cm
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Mexico City, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Mexico, D.F.
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Materials:
Paint (coating), Plaster, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Context of use:
Day of the Dead
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
H-9-7
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-29036, described as Toy, bridal couple (Day of the Dead). Skeleton figures representing a bridal couple made of wire and plaster with bride wearing a lace cloth veil; figures are painted and mounted on a masonite platform painted bright blue. Figures Ht. 7.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 3-29036, described as Toy, bridal couple (Day of the Dead). Skeleton figures representing a bridal couple made of wire and plaster with bride wearing a lace cloth veil; figures are painted and mounted on a masonite platform painted bright blue. Figures Ht. 7.5 cm

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