Pottery candelabra, painted in bright colors, with figures, birds, animals, flowers; top birds yellow, 17.5 inches tall. This candelero is an altar decoration.
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Matamoros de Izucar, Puebla state, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Puebla; Matamoros de Izucar
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Candelabras (candleholders) and Pottery
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 44.45 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #123: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (April 17, 1968–April 18, 1968), S1968-1969 #28: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Ruth Boyer (October 18, 1968–December 4, 1968), S1970-1971 #58: Hillside School/Millicent Kamisan (November 30, 1970–December 17, 1970), S1978-1979 #16: Oakland Museum of California (September 12, 1978–November 8, 1978), and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)