Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1991.199 A-E: 'Five banners made of tissue paper for Day of the Dead. Cut-out horizontally oriented design shows two skeletons kissing under trees. Z ig-zag sides with floral design along bottom. A) Purple B) Yellow C) Pink D) Red E) Turquoise blue. The design is punched out with sharp chisels on up to fifty sheets of tissue at one time,'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Kristin Norget in 1990.
Event Date 1990
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Papel picado. Piece of perforated tissue paper made for Day of the Dead. Paper features a horizontal design of two skeletons kissing under trees. Edges are zig-zagged, and a floral design is along bottom. Red in colour, which represents warriors, mothers who died in childbirth, the blood of life, and (for Christian celebrants) the blood of Jesus. Made by punching out the design with sharp chisels on up to fifty sheets of tissue at one time. The holes in each paper allows for the souls of the deceased to travel through and visit.
Event Date 25/6/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal