DepartmentLatin America

South America, Ecuador, Pomasqui

NameNatural Branch Cross

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datec. 1950

Place madePomasqui, Ecuador, South America

MediumWood, paint, glass, paper

DimensionsOverall: 35 7/16 x 19 11/16 x 3 9/16 in. (90 x 50 x 9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Laura & Daniel Boeckman

Object numberFA.2004.31.2

DescriptionA wooden cross made from a tree branch shaped into rectangular cross section, mounted on a wooden base. Both are painted in several layers. The base surface is dark green and peanut butter. The cross in dark green. the branch tips have rhomboed forms painted dark red. The effect is like a saguaro cactus with fruits. There are four figures, one on each branch and one at the center section, made of plaster and paint, possibly cherubs and Jesus. The center branch has a circular inlay of a drawing of the heads of a man and woman covered with glass surrounded by a metal frame. The body and branches of the cross also have painted crosses in golden brown; three on the body and each of the outer branches and two on the central branch.