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Angel Candlestick
Angel Candlestick
Angel Candlestick
Museum of International Folk Art

Angel Candlestick

Maker Aguilar Family
Datec. 1960
Place madeOcotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions10 7/16 × 4 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (26.5 × 12 × 14 cm)
ClassificationsOriginal Art
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.738
Object numberA.1979.44.738
DescriptionHand-built earthenware, painted with synthetic colors: white robe, yellow wings, black braids; incised mouth, nostrils, eyelashes, around eyes; left hand on chest, right carrying brown wreath with yellow flower; brown candleholder on back.
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Angel
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
Female Figure
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
Baptism, by the Aguilar family, ca. 1960. Painted earthenware. Ocotlan de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexi…
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
FIGURE GROUP
Aguilar Family
c. 1960
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Darío Soteno Léon
1997
Angel
Artist unrecorded
c. 1960
Black Jaguar Mask
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1940
Female Mask for Manueles Dance
Artist unrecorded
c. 1965
Devil
Mestre Candido Santos Xavier
c. 1960
DOLL
ca 1960