DepartmentLatin America
Candleholder with mourning scene
NameCandelabrum
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1950
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions5 7/8 × 11 13/16 × 5 1/2 in. (15 × 30 × 14 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.868
Object numberA.1979.3.868
DescriptionHand-built, dark colors but mostly white, mourner's hands on faces, angel with wings and arms up, figures are on slab, two candleholders rest at opposite ends. // Martinez Workshop.
