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Object Number
2001.16.1
Display Title
"Day of the Dead" candlestick
Descriptions
Object Description
"Day of the Dead" skull candlestick
Inventory Description
Day of the Dead candlestick
Classification
- Candle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1990 or earlier
Artist
Alvaro de La Cruz
(1990 or earlier - 8/90)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Mexico
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Michoacan
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Capula
Materials
Ceramic
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
(9/94 - 8/13/01)
Dealer
Vilunya Folk Art
(8/90 - 9/94)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(9/94 - 8/13/01)
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