VINTAGE NEW MEXICO CHICANO PRISON PAÑO

Artifact
VINTAGE NEW MEXICO CHICANO PRISON PAÑO
Artifact

Information

Prison Artifact

Product type: Chicano art on handkerchief (Paño)
Origin: Undisclosed New Mexico State Prison
Period: 1990
Affiliation: Hispanic gang member within the New Mexico state prison system
Medium: Colored pencil on cotton
Size: 40 x 40 cm

This artwork comes with the original envelope the inmate used to send the artwork. The envelope dates from 6 January 1992.

Includes a signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity.

USD 626
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