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Object Number
993-24-20/27396
Display Title
Day of the dead candelabra
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic polychrome " Day of the dead" candelabra (damaged & repaired) with Tree of Life, St. Michael, and wire-attached skeleton figures.
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1980-1989
Artist
Alfonso Castillo
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Puebla
/
<County>
/
Izucar de Matamoros
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 55 x 50.5 x 14 cm (21 5/8 x 19 7/8 x 5 1/2 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
(1980-1989 - August 16, 1993)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(1980-1989 - August 16, 1993)
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