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Object Number
993-24-20/27534
Display Title
Ceramic candlestick with wired attachments
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic brown on buff partially burnished candlestick with wired attachments, including mary, joseph, jesus, flowers + birds. Attributed to hernan martinez mendoza.
Inventory Description
Ceramic candlestick, rounded body, 1 - 1/2 stirrup spout with moulded human, bir
Classification
- Art 3-D
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1993
Artist
Heron Martinez Mendoza
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Puebla
/
<County>
/
Acatlan de Osorio
Materials
Ceramic, Metal wire
Dimensions
Overall: 19.4 x 15.5 x 17 cm (7 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-24-20/27534
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
Provenance
Collector
Alice B. Melvin
(August 16, 1993)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(August 16, 1993)
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