DepartmentLatin America

CANDELABRUM

NameCandelabrum

Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

DateCA 1965, STAFF

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 21 1/16 x 11 13/16 x 12 5/8 in. (53.5 x 30 x 32 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.885.

Object numberA.1979.3.885

DescriptionA ceramic candelabrum made to hold three candles. On the central axis, there are figures, and a donkey stacked up on one another. Small figures are at the sides and there is an angel head at the top. Birds and animals hung with string and the birds are mounted on wire. The candelabrum is white and painted with bright colored designs. Martinez workshop.