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Candlestick
Candlestick
Candlestick
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Candlestick

NameCandlestick
CulturePoqomam
Datec. 1960
Place madeChinautla, Guatemala, Central America
MediumCeramic
Dimensions9 1/2 × 2 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (24.2 × 5.4 × 11 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.17.807X
Object numberA.1979.17.807X
DescriptionHand-built, low fired ceramic with white slip, burnished. Bell shaped base and holder on back. Each angel holds one or two birds. // $ 30 ea.
Angel
c. 1960
Figure
c. 1960
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF
CANDLESTICK
CA 1965, STAFF
Figure
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1960
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF
CANDLESTICK
CA 1960, STAFF
Sculpted candle with base
Sofia Ruiz Lorenzo
2009
CANDELABRUM
CA 1965, STAFF
Sculpted candle with base
Sofia Ruiz Lorenzo
2009