Noah's Ark

NamePainting

Artist Andrea Lee Torres

CultureHispano

Date2014

Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, straw, paint, glue

Dimensions10 1/16 × 13 3/8 × 13/16 in. (25.5 × 34 × 2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection with funds from Dan Prall, FA.2016.57.1

Object numberFA.2016.57.1

DescriptionStraw applique piece that depicts Noah's Ark in commercially-dyed straw against a black painted background and a blue straw ocean. Noah is standing on a natural straw ark holding two birds with a brown straw cabin behind him. There is an assortment of animals, birds, and fish in a variety of appropriate straw colors in the sky, on the deck of the boat, looking through five portholes and in the sea. A black painted lunette is on top with straw starburst design.