DepartmentLatin America

Shrine

NameShrine; Portable Altar

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateLate 19th century

Place madeLa Paz, Bolivia, South America

MediumWood (wood and other), gesso, paint, fabric, metal

Dimensions17 5/16 x 8 1/4 x 4 15/16 in. (44 x 21 x 12.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1959.15.16

Object numberFA.1959.15.16

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionVirgin and child surrounded by flowers within arched opening of rectangular box with pair of doors Doors painted with yellow ground, the top halves with pink flowers, the bottoms with slender dark crosses.

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