DepartmentLatin America

Arma Christi/ Cross of the Passion

NameCross

Maker Jesús Urbano Rojas

Datec. 1958

Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumWood, gesso, pasta, paint

Dimensions17 × 10 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (43.2 × 26.7 × 16.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.912

Object numberA.1979.32.912

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionArma Christi red cross with Christ's head in center and potato paste figures below (a man and woman flank the cross, and a saint at bottom of cross records deeds in a book. Below is a village scene with people, sheep and cattle. The cross is covered with symbols of the passion including a ladder, pincers, hammer, sponge on long staff, spear, etc.