DepartmentLatin America

La Cruz de Animas

NameCross

Artist Artist not recorded

Date19th century

Place madeMexico, North America

MediumWood, paint, gesso

Dimensions15 3/4 × 8 × 3 3/8 in. (40 × 20.3 × 8.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.958

Object numberA.1979.6.958

Collections

DescriptionAllegory of redemption; painted, gessoed; Christ surrounded by symbols of passion including sun, moon, God, Mary; "INRI" written above. // Description by A. Monstrance.

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