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Object Number
969-2-20/23495
Display Title
Homemade candles for votive lights; very poor condition
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Candles, of wax, string, multi-colored ribbon, cork
Classification
- Candle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
Additional Geographic Terms
Guatemala, Highland; Chichicastenango, especially
Materials
Wax
Dimensions
Overall: 22.5 x 10 x 6.3 cm (8 7/8 x 3 15/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
969-2-20/23495
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