Beeswax candles

From the exhibition:
The Red That Colored The World

Museum of International Folk Art

Sara Ruíz Lorenzo and Sofia Ruíz Lorenzo. Beeswax candles. Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, México. Beeswax, cochineal and other natural dyes, plastic, foil, paper, 22 7/8 x 8 5/6 x 5 ½ in., 28 3/8 x 11 7/16 x 7 ½ in. Museum of International Folk Art, Gift of Laura Widmar and Sergio Tapia

Usage: Courtesy Museum of International Folk Art

Credit: Photograph by Addison Doty


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