Culture Kit
Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos #7
ID # 5292
This exhibition includes many objects which may be used to create an altar display, or “ofrenda” for Day of the Dead or “Dia de los Muertos”. Those wishing to borrow this exhibit can construct their own alter. Some items in the kit include large and small “calaveras” (skulls), “calacas” (skeletons), marigolds, clothing items, fabric to set the altar items on, “papel picado”, plastic food items, candles and tea lights, and the book “Funny Bones”. This kit was created by the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University.
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Duke-UNC Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University was created in 1990, formally recognizing fifty years of informal cooperation between the two universities. The geographic proximity of the campuses—just nine miles apart—greatly encourages and facilitates regular collaboration among faculty and students. The UNC and Duke Consortium has received major funding from the Andrew W. Mellon, Ford, and Tinker Foundations. Since 1991 it has been designated a Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) by the U.S. Department of Education.