Horseshoe

Description

Package, containing a lucky horseshoe wrapped in red thread, overlaying a paper image of a scene with St Martin, with outside of package a mass of red thread covering nine balls of light wood or paper: North America, Mexico, Mexico City, 1999

Museum reference

K.2001.424

Collection

Americas

Object name

Horseshoe

Production information

Unknown
Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Date

1999

Materials

Paper, Plastic, Wood, Iron

Physical description

Paper, plastic, wood, cordage, iron

Associations

Depicted: Saint Martin
Heaven and Hell exhibition
Day of the Dead

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
world cultures, patterns of life