Roof ornament, ceramic church

NameRoof Ornament

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datec. 1958

Place madeQuinua, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumCeramic, pigments

Dimensions24 11/16 × 14 3/4 × 13 3/8 in. (62.7 × 37.5 × 34 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.672

Object numberA.1979.32.672

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionHand-built, white, brown and red church or cathedral with floral and geometric designs. 2 towers with crowns, 2 belfries with clock below, center cross above circular window, 4 spires, 2 figures above 3 arched doorway, and 3 arches at rear bottom.