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Object Number
993-24-20/27586
Display Title
Ceramic polychrome day-of-the-dead candelabra w/wire-attached birds
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic polychrome day-of-the-dead candelabra w/wire-attached birds, flowers, and angels. cracked and repaired.
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1993
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Puebla
/
<County>
/
Izucar de Matamoros
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 53.5 x 45.5 x 15 cm (21 1/16 x 17 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice B. Melvin, in celebration of donor's father and mother, Professor A. Gordon Melvin and Lorna Strong Melvin, donor's sister, Mary Melvin Petronella, family friend, Luis Hererra Garcia, friend, Richard Paul Baydin, and donor's cats, Miss Amiga, Sir Minky, and Pyewacket, 1993
Provenance
Collector
Alice B. Melvin
(August 16, 1993)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(August 16, 1993)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.36073 | Ceramic polychrome day-of-the-dead candelabra with wire-attached birds |
Photographic
|
Izucar de Matamoros
| |
| 993-24-20/27396 | Day of the dead candelabra |
Izucar de Matamoros
| ||
| 993-24-20/27434 | Ceramic polychrome painted hanging candelabra |
Candle
|
Izucar de Matamoros
| |
| 993-24-20/27457 | Ceramic "adam & eve" motif candelabra |
Art 3-D
|
Metepec
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Ceramic peacock candelabra.
| 993-24-20/27580 | Ceramic peacock candelabra. |
Acatlan de Osorio
| ||
| 2004.24.36068 | Day of the dead candelabra |
Photographic
|
Izucar de Matamoros
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Day of the Dead shopping bag, "Katrina"
| 2002.8.7 | Day of the Dead shopping bag, "Katrina" |
Special
|
Mexico
| |
| 993-24-20/27585 | Ceramic polychrome church w/wire attached human figures |
Sculpture
|
Santa Cruz de los Huertos
| |
| 2006.14.1.44.8 | Polik near dead birds |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.44.11 | Polik and Nilik and dead birds |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.49.3 | Nilik and Polik set up dead birds |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.17.1.88.17 | Fire and a bundle of dead birds |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
|