Candleholder

Museum number:
3-15787a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210315787a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1251
Description:
Candlestick holders, ceramic, bisque fired polychrome hand-painted decoration, in shape of dogs with candle receptacles on back; a) head facing forward; height 9.3cm X length 8.7cm. b) head facing left; height 11.5cm X length 10.4cm
Donor:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection place:
Ocotlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Candleholders
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Candleholder, accession number 3-15787a,b, described as Candlestick holders, ceramic, bisque fired polychrome hand-painted decoration, in shape of dogs with candle receptacles on back; a) head facing forward; height 9.3cm X length 8.7cm. b) head facing left; height 11.5cm X length 10.4cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Candleholder, accession number 3-15787a,b, described as Candlestick holders, ceramic, bisque fired polychrome hand-painted decoration, in shape of dogs with candle receptacles on back; a) head facing forward; height 9.3cm X length 8.7cm. b) head facing left; height 11.5cm X length 10.4cm

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