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Ex-voto
Ex-voto
Ex-voto
Museum of International Folk Art
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
Collections
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.
Ex-voto wall hanging
Artist not recorded
ca. 2000
Embroidery by Policarpio Valencia.
Policarpio Valencia
1927
Embroidery
Policarpio Valencia
ca. 1927
Embroidery
Policarpio Valencia
1925
Embroidery
Policarpio Valencia
before 1931
Photography by Kellen Hope
Blanca Garcia
1897
Sampler
Antonia Gatti
1846