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alfeñiques (edible art, <visual works by material or technique>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Works of folk art made from sugar and other ingredients, of distinctive types and known in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America and the United States. These types of works originated in sugar figures made for religious celebrations in Italy; they spread to Spain and in the Spanish colonies were enriched with indigenous art styles. |
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alfeñiques (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,L,PN)
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alfeñiques (Spanish,D,U,PN)
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alfeñique (C,U,English,AD,L,SN)
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alfeñique (Spanish-P,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.VC |
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.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ visual works (works) (G) |
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................ <visual works by material or technique> (G) |
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.................... edible art (G) |
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........................ alfeñiques (G) |
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