Cross

NameRoof Cross

Maker Antonio Prado

Datec. 1958

Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumMetal (tin)

Dimensions24 × 17 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (61 × 43.5 × 8.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.292

Object numberA.1979.44.292

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionArma Christi. Tin and soldered construction unpainted; attached to standard is ladder, sponge, lance, chalice and host, sun and moon, inri pennant, topped by rooster. // Erected upon completion of the house, believed to bring good luck. - C. Cerny