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

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

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.