La Catrina- Papel Picado

Work on Paper

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

La Catrina- Papel Picado

Entry/Object ID

E-148

Description

A sheet of yellow papel picado that shows a woman skeleton with a fan, purse, and hat. She is a depiction of La Catrina.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.84

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

San Salvador Huixcolotla, Mexico

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Color

Yellow

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Notes

Part of the flower border along the bottom is ripped.