DepartmentLatin America

Ofrenda

NameAltar, Model

Maker David Villafañez

Datec. 1960

Place madeSanta Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions30 15/16 × 12 9/16 × 13 in. (78.6 × 31.9 × 33 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.143

Object numberA.1979.3.143

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond

DescriptionPainted, four-tiered altar with skulls, food, candles, angels. Predominately red with yellow, green, blue, pink and white. // Modeled after altars constructed for Day of the Dead.

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