DepartmentLatin America
Holy Cross with Symbols of the Passion
NameCross
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1958
Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumWood, gesso, paint, glass, fabric, gourd
Dimensions16 5/8 × 9 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (42.3 × 23.5 × 14 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.923
Object numberA.1979.32.923
DescriptionPainted bright yellow gessoed cane cross, six windows with hand-built potato paste head cover, symbols hanging enclosed: dove, arrow, pincers, heart, chalice, bird. Silver putti at three ends, white lace around center, gourd base.
20th century
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1963
c. 1960
