Viva La Fiesta de Santa Fe Pin
Date20th Century
Mediumoffset lithograph, metal, cloth
Dimensions3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Margaret and Kenneth Wright
Object numberPC2021.63.14
DescriptionCircular pin with a yellow background and red text "VIVA LA/FIESTA/DE/SANTA FE". There is a cloth rose attached to the back of the pin. The Fiesta de Santa Fe is typically held annually the first week of September to commemorate the Reconquest or Reconquista of New Mexico by Diego de Vargas in 1692 and 1693 after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, which was the first successful Native American independence movement under colonial rule. Activities during the Fiesta included the Hysterical Parade, Historical Parade, Pet Parade, Entrada, and the Burning of Zozobra.
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Not on view
ca. 1950
ca. 1950
ca. 1950
1630-1700
ca. 1950
ca. 1940
ca. 1950
