DepartmentLatin America

Ex-voto

NameEx-voto

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeMexico, North America

MediumTin, paint

DimensionsOverall: 5 9/16 x 8 9/16 in. (14.1 x 21.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.9

Object numberFA.2010.97.9

DescriptionHorizontal rectangle of tin with top corners cut at an angle painted with scene of a woman kneeling in a pig stye, surrounded by four pigs and praying to an image of Nuestra Sra. de Zapopan (a virgin figure on a pedestal). A building, house, trees and pasture, a horse also depicted. The Spanish inscription reads: Mi marranita la normita se me puso enfermay se me estaba muriendo. Yo le rece a Nuestra Señora de Zapopan para que me la sanara y la Virgen oyo mis ruegos y ahora mi marrana ya se alivio. Doy Gracias.