DepartmentLatin America

CANDLESTICK

NameCandlestick

Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. (20 x 15 x 32 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.887.

Object numberA.1979.3.887

DescriptionA ceramic sculpture of two donkeys standing on hindlegs. The first one holds the candleholder and the donkey behind has its front legs on the shoulders of the first. It is white with multicolor decoration and stripes. Birds are on wires extend from the top of the donkeys’ heads. Martinez workshop.