DepartmentLatin America

Candelabra with Pendants

NameCandelabra

Artist or maker Nasser

CultureOaxacan Mexican

Date1960-1995

Place madeCoyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

(not assigned)México

MediumCeramic, metal

Dimensions21 7/16 × 10 7/16 × 10 7/16 in. (54.5 × 26.5 × 26.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Hilda H. Bourne and Douglas J. Bourne, A.2015.24.4

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value (economic concept)

Object numberA.2015.24.4

ProvenanceAcquisition Proposal Form: The objects were collected by the donors between 1960 and 1995. Some were purchased directly from artists in Mexico and others were purchased drom dealers in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The donors are elderly and the daughter who arranged the donation does not know which pieces were acquired from artists or dealers,12/10/2014.

DescriptionBlackware candelabra with 12 candleholders at 3 different levels. Modeled and incised animal near top of work. Four reptile heads at bottom of piece. Two rows of four trianglular clay pendants (with smily faces) wired each of the curving arms of the main support from which the holders project. Signed NASSER