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Photograph by Hillel Burger. Courtesy of the Peabody Museum, Copyright © 2003 President and Fellows of Harvard College This altar at the...

From The November-December 2003 Issue

Photograph by Hillel Burger. Courtesy of the Peabody Museum, Copyright © 2003 President and Fellows of Harvard College

This altar at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is part of the Museum's celebration of the Mexican Día de los Muertos, November 1 and 2. It was built with objects from the Alice Melvin Mexican Folk Art Collection and contributions from community groups and local artists.      

Published in the November-December 2003 print issue in the John Harvard's Journal section.

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