Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 39717[.1-35]: 'Book of thirty-five playlets for children'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 39717[.1-35]: 'Children's playlets'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Professor Frederick Starr in 1898.
Event Date 1898
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (References)
Starr, Frederick. 1899. Catalogue of a Collection of Objects Illustrating the Folklore of Mexico. London: The Folklore Society & David Nutt. See p.22.
Event Date 1899
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Starr Catalogue for no. 90: 'Teatro Infantil: a series of penny plays intended for child-performers or puppets. Some of these are extremely popular.'
Event Date 1899
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Frederick Starr Collection of Mexican Folklore was never catalogued when it came to the museum. Cataloguing was done in 1984 when, by error, some of the items were entered in the 1984 book instead of the Z book. To try to correct this in the simplest way possible, all these numbers were grouped under a single Z number, in addition to the number already given. The remainder of the collection was then given individual Z numbers in the normal way. The collection was examined in 1984 by Dr Charlene Cerny (Director of the Museum of National Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico) and her colleague, Valentin Jacques, both experts on Mexican folk art. Her notes on the collection, together with a xerox of the original catalogue, which has full details on the uses of the various items, is on file. The collection is unusual in being well documented and of such an early date, and is a rare one outside Mexico. Not all the items listed in the original catalogue were found at the time of cataloguing.
Event Date 1984
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Teatro Infantil playlet booklet for 'Los Sustos Del Valedor' made of paper. Paper is pink, with a printed scene of a theatre on the front cover, and eight pages of script; internal pages are neutrally coloured.
Event Date 6/7/2021
Author: Sam Daisley