Candles

Museum number:
3-29044
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029044
Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Candles (Day of the Dead). Group of five candles, tied together at wicks, hand-made of black wax. lg: 26.0cm
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
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:
February 24, 1982
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Candles, accession number 3-29044, described as Candles (Day of the Dead). Group of five candles, tied together at wicks, hand-made of black wax. lg: 26.0cm

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