Regressa Maria Papel Picado

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

"Regressa Maria" Papel Picado

Entry/Object ID

E-131

Description

A white sheet of papel picado that shows a skeleton man pursuing a skeleton woman. It says "Regressa Maria" or "Come back Maria." See link below to learn more about papel picado.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.67

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Notes

San Salvador, Huixcolota

Color

White

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Web Links and URLs

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