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CANDLESTICK
CANDLESTICK
CANDLESTICK
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

CANDLESTICK

NameCandlestick
DateCA 1950, A. GIRARD
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 17 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 6 5/16 in. (45.1 x 21 x 16 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.810.
Object numberA.1979.3.810
DescriptionHand-built ceramic candlestick in the shape of acrobats. The base color is white with multiple colors across surface. The colors are blue, green, and yellow. One acrobat stands on the shoulders of another. The candlestick only has one candleholder. A bird dangles from a string from each arm of the bottom figure.
FIGURE GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Darío Soteno Léon
1997
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE GROUP
CA 1969, A. GIRARD
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF
Temple Hanging (Pachedi).  Detail shown in plate 49.
Artist Not Recorded
17th century
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF