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Tree of Life Candleabrum
Tree of Life Candleabrum
Tree of Life Candleabrum
DepartmentLatin America

Tree of Life Candleabrum

NameCandelabrum
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1960
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, slip, paint
Dimensions42 1/2 × 25 9/16 × 3 1/8 in. (108 × 65 × 8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.304
Object numberA.1979.44.304
DescriptionHand-built; slip coated, brightly painted; male seated on stump, arms form branches; archangel on each side; base, stump, branches painted.
Figure series, trees
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CA 1960, STAFF
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