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Tin Sconce
Tin Sconce
Tin Sconce

Tin Sconce

Artist Artist unrecorded
Place madeNEW MEXICO, United States, Southwest, North America
MediumMetal (tin)
Dimensions14 9/16 × 14 3/8 in. (37 × 36.5 cm)
Classifications(Classification Not Used)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Historical Society of New Mexico, A5.1959.15a
Object numberA5.1959.15a
DescriptionOne of pair. Tin circle with fans top and bottom, stylized double-headed eagle shape, 8 profile birds of two sizes are around edges, candle sockets and left, right, and bottom center. Small, now very discolored, square mirror in center.
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