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

Collections

Latin America

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.