candle-holder
- Museum number
- Am1990,08.392
- Description
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Candle-holder; made of pottery; white slip; conical base; base painted, from bottom, yellow stripe, red stripe, flower with eight petals alternating red and pink and green leaves; two mould-made flowers, painted fuchsia with blue centre, mounted on sides at top of cone; angel's head mounted between flowers, painted with black hair, eyebrows and eyes, pink skin, red lips, gold wings; Virgin Mary mounted on top, gold metal halo, cape painted blue with gold accents, gown gold, skin pink, black eyebrows, eyes and hair, red lips; tubular cavity behind archangel for holding candle, painted yellow with fuchsia rim. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 8 centimetres
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Height: 19 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Items such as these are sold in the main square in Huaquechula on the morning of 31 October.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
Used in ceramics case of Skeleton at the Feast exhibition.
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1990
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1990,08.392