Reliquary cross in landscape under dome

NameCross

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeMexico, North America

Medium(a) Reliquary: Wood, rocks, coral, shell, dried grasses and mosses, sand, paper, cotton fabric. (b) Dome: Glass

Dimensions10 3/8 × 11 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (26.4 × 29.3 × 11.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, from the collection of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.96.60ab

Object numberFA.2010.96.60ab

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCross decorated with shell flowers divided by strips of paper with Saints' names on them. Stands atop "hillside" made of pieces of shell, rocks, etc., decorated with sparkly stuffs and dried grasses., etc. Cross flanked and backed by orange dyed coral. "Relicario" (a) glued to wood stand and covered by close fitting glass dome (b).