Title:
"Día de los Muertos" Community Altar and Ceremony
Creator/Contributor:
Rasul, David, Organizer
Creator/Contributor:
Montoya, Gina, Organizer
Creator/Contributor:
Romo, Tere, Organizer
Creator/Contributor:
Orosco, Juanishi, Organizer
Creator/Contributor:
Solis, Arnaldo, Organizer
Creator/Contributor:
Cobb, Señora Angelbertha, Organizer
Creator/Contributor:
Ortiz, Henry, Collaborator
Creator/Contributor:
Portillo, Lupe, Collaborator
Date:
November 1, 1978
Subject:
Altars
Aztec goddesses
Aztecs
assemblage (art)
Calaveras
Candles and lights
Corn in art
Día de los muertos
Flowers in art
Food in art
Crosses in art
Coatlicue (Aztec deity)
Jesus Christ in art
Masks
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Marigolds
molcajetes
Moon - In art
Ofrendas
Pan de muerto
Photography in art
Saints in art
Chicano art
Chicanos
Sacramento (Calif.)
Guadalupe, Our Lady of
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Note:
A table is draped in black and covered with typical altar components. Behind the table is a portable mural of the goddess
Coatlicue. In front of the table is a semicircle of candles containing flowers and devotional figures. In front of the candles
a rug is laid out with a cross on it.
Cat.3 024(1)
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Type:
35mm slide
Language:
English
Spanish
Identifier:
CEMA 8
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