Miniature Married Couple

Art

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Couple A (on the left, with cat) and Couple B (on the right, with groom holding cane)

Couple A (on the left, with cat) and Couple B (on the right, with groom holding cane)

Name/Title

Miniature Married Couple

Entry/Object ID

E-73-AB

Description

Two clay and paper mache miniatures of a wedded couple on heart shaped bases. Couple A stand together with a cat, which wears a skeleton mask for it's face. Couple B stand together, while the groom holds a white cane, which is colored with red and green dots.

Artwork Details

Medium

Clay, Paper, Wood

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.10

Source or Donor

Bazar Hedit, San Pedro Tlague Paque

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Culture/Tribe

Mexican

Notes

Noted on catalog card as being from Jalisco, Mexico

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Color

Black, Red, White, Yellow, Gray, Green

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Both these miniatures have diffrent accession numbers written on the bottom of their bases. Couple A has "91.15.257", while Couple B has "91.15.141." There original catalog number, listed on their original catalog card, and probably from their original source is "LA141 (205)."