DepartmentLatin America

Cross-shaped vitrine, display case

NameVitrine, display case

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1970

Place madeSan Miguel de Allende?, Mexico, North America

MediumGlass, tin, solder, metal

Dimensions42 1/8 × 28 3/8 × 9 1/16 in. (107 × 72 × 23 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of George Ewing, A.2010.32.2

Object numberA.2010.32.2

DescriptionLarge cross-shaped tin and glass vitrine with eight sides and an eight pointed star in the center. All ends of the cross have scalloped tin decorations. The top three have a small tin cross at the end, the bottom is funnel shaped with lesser tin decoration. Hanging chain at top. One glass panel is a hinged door.