Accession No

1991.200 B


Description

Caritas para pan de muerto. Painted dough head, made from Pan de Muerto ('Bread of the Dead'), made as a gift or altar offering during Day of the Dead celebrations. Features a woman wearing a pink, gold, and green headdress. Two curled components are attached to headdress; one is detached but present. Decorated with glitter.


Place

Americas; North America; Mexico; Oaxaca


Period


Source

Norget, Kristin [collector]; Crowther-Beynon Grant [monetary donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1991.200 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Dough; Paint; Plastic


Local Term

Caritas para pan de muerto


Measurements

140mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1991.200 A-D: '4 modelled and painted dough heads, decorated with sparkles, with small handles at bottom. The heads or ' Caritas para pan de muerto' are baked into round loaves of ' pan de muerto' or bread of the dead. The bread is used as an offering on the household altar or is be given as a gift in the household exchanges common during the festival. A) Woman with basket on her head containing a bird. B) Woman with elaborate pink headdress. C) Jesus with green halo. D) Clown with tall pointed multi-coloured hat with ' PEPITO' on brim.'
Event Date
Author: maa


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


Description (Physical description)
Caritas para pan de muerto. Painted dough head, made from Pan de Muerto ('Bread of the Dead'), made as a gift or altar offering during Day of the Dead celebrations. Features a woman wearing a pink, gold, and green headdress. Two curled components are attached to headdress; one is detached but present. Decorated with glitter.
Event Date 30/6/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal


FM:292575

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