Te amo, no te quiero papel picado

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

"Te amo, no te quiero" papel picado

Entry/Object ID

E-130

Description

A white sheet of papel picado depicting a skeleton man on one knee, courting a skeleton woman with her hands clasped to her chest. On the man's side it says "Te amo", meaning "I love you." On the woman's side it says "No te quiero" or "I don't want you." See link below for more information on papel picado.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Day of the Dead
Ethnography, Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

99.01.66

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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