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Object Number
993-24-20/27580
Display Title
Ceramic peacock candelabra.
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceramic peacock candelabra.
Inventory Description
Candelabra in form of peacock with fanned out tail, three candle holders, leaved and balls attached with wire, chipped in places
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1990 ca.
Artist
Heron Martinez Mendoza
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Puebla
/
<County>
/
Acatlan de Osorio
Materials
Ceramic Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 69.5 x 60 x 23 cm (27 3/8 x 23 5/8 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
Dealer
The Pear Tree
(1990)
Collector
Alice B. Melvin
(1990 - August 16, 1993)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(1990 - August 16, 1993)
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