Devil with 5 Skeletons- Papel Picado

Work on Paper

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Devil with 5 Skeletons- Papel Picado

Entry/Object ID

E-147

Description

A sheet of black papel picado that shows the devil standing in front of 5 skeletons sitting in a row. The fourth skeleton is holding his skull in his hands.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.83

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

San Salvador Huixcolotla, Mexico

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Color

Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Good