Miniature

Description

Boxed ceramic set-piece miniature display, featuring a Tree of Life candelabrum, made for the Mexican Day of the Dead festival: North America, Mexico, Mexico City, 1999

Museum reference

K.1999.1424

Collection

Americas

Object name

Miniature

Production information

Unknown
Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Date

1999

Materials

Wood, Ceramic, Fabric

Physical description

Wood, fired clay, fabric, sequins

Collection place(s)

Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Associations

Mexican Day of the Dead festival
Sonora Market, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Carmichael, E., and Sayer, C., The Skeleton at the Feast, Texas, 1997

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
world cultures, patterns of life