DepartmentLatin America
San Antonio portable altar
NameFigure
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
DateLate 19th century
Place madeAyacucho, Peru, South America
MediumStone (Huamanga), paint
Dimensions4 3/4 × 2 9/16 × 13/16 in. (12 × 6.5 × 2.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2012.18.3
Terms
- Ayacucho
Object numberFA.2012.18.3
DescriptionSmall arched, relief carved and painted portable altar with standing figure of San Antonio (Saint Anthony) in blue robes and with a black halo. Saint holds a small, seated pink colored child on his outstretched left hand, and a flower spike topped with pink flowers in his right. On a pediment below are bas relief figures of a man, a pack horse, and a llama. 
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