Tree of Life Sculpture Item Number: 2760/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tall, heavy, colourfully painted and glazed clay candelabra, or Tree of Life sculpture. Along the front of the central trunk, which is reinforced with a metal pole and set on a mound-like hollow base, are a female figure with a cross on her head, a palm frond, a bearded goat ,and two blue birds sit beside a flower below one of the three candle holders at the top. The looping branches down each side are festooned with orange, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown coloured decorative elements: birds on metal stilt legs, rabbits, flowers, potted plants, angels, and four bobbles that hang on metal hooks.
History Of Use
For generations, in Izucar de Matamoros, every married couple received a tree of life at the time of their wedding, ensuring that prosperity would bless the new union. But by the late seventies, the demand for trees diminished, and by the eighties, young couples no longer started their married lives with the traditional tree.
Item History
- Made by Aurelio Flores (Maker) in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico during 1965
- Owned by Blanca Muratorio and Ricardo Muratorio before August 27, 2009
- Received from Blanca Muratorio (Donor) and Ricardo Muratorio (Donor) on August 27, 2009
What
Who
- Culture
- Mexican
- Creator
- Aurelio Flores (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Blanca Muratorio and Ricardo Muratorio
- Received from
- Blanca Muratorio (Donor) and Ricardo Muratorio (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico
When
- Creation Date
- during 1965
- Ownership Date
- before August 27, 2009
- Acquisition Date
- on August 27, 2009
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 110
- Accession Number
- 2760/0001