DepartmentLatin America

CANDELABRUM

NameCandelabrum

Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 15 3/8 x 13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in. (39 x 35 x 24 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.864.

Object numberA.1979.3.864

DescriptionCeramic candelabrum with 5 candleholders. The scene of the candelabrum depicts Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, standing beneath a tree. Adam and Eve are on the base, looking up at a snake wrapped around the first tier of the candle tree. Martinez workshop.