candelabrum
- Museum number
- Am1986,06.256
- Description
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Candelabrum made from pottery, in the form of a "Tree of Life" representing Hell; conical base, white on inside, orange on outside with gold accents; attached to branches with wire are purple and yellow flames with gold accents, devils (pink with black hair and beard, gold horns, tail, holding wire handle with gold pottery pitchfork at end). Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 50 centimetres
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Width: 35 centimetres
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Depth: 14 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See “Metepec Y Su Arte en Barro”. In: Artes de Mexico 1995:30 and McAllister, Linda. Arbol de la vida, the Ceramics of Metepec. San Francisco: Founders Gallery, 1983 for similar pottery.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1986
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1986,06.256