DepartmentLatin America

Cross with Festival Scene

NameCross

Maker Claudio Jiménez Quispe

Dateca. 1985

Place madeLima, Peru, South America

MediumWood, potato and gypsum clay, gesso, paint

DimensionsOverall: 23 x 14 x 9 in. (58.42 x 35.56 x 22.86 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2008.74.428

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionRed cross with Christ's head in center, dove overhead and heart with bouquet of flowers below, large INRI on wood plaque at top. From below are two sculpted dancers in festival costumes, a pair of musicians with harp and violin, and large stalks of corn which grow past the arms of the cross. Sits atop a three tiered green, white, blue and red painted base.