Candle; mold made with single ply cotton wick; blue paraffin; L 16 cm; base diameter 1.5 cm. See 25-3500-01. See field notes in acc. envelope
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Campeche (city), Campeche, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Campeche, Campeche
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
October 31, 1966
Materials:
Paraffin (wax)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Candles
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Burned on household altars and at graves of dead relatives during Days of the Dead (Oct 31 - Nov 2)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 16 centimeters and diameter 1.5 centimeters