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Object Number
993-24-20/27558
Display Title
Large ceramic black burnished candlestick
Descriptions
Object Description
Large ceramic black burnished candlestick.
Inventory Description
Candle holder, cylindrical and segmented form (as if turned on a lathe), painted black, wax inside
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1969
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Puebla
/
<County>
/
Acatlan de Osorio
Materials
Ceramic Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 60.5 x 23 x 23 cm (23 13/16 x 9 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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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