Portable altar containing a three dimensional figure of the Virgin del Cisne (town in Ecuador) holding a baby. The top and side walls of the altar are painted blue. The front of the altar has an elaborate façade. There is an arched opening in the middle of the façade that reveals the figures inside. A pane of glass encloses the figures inside the altar. The innermost part of the arch is painted yellow. Slightly outwards, there is a raised gold border that follows the line of the arch. On either side of the arch, there are blue pilasters with gold borders and gold capitals. Above the arch, the wall ascends into a curved roofline that looks like a flattened onion dome; it is painted green with red and blue accents. At the top of the dome, there is a flower-shaped finial. The flower is pink with blue flowers and gold accents. The walls on either side of the central dome ascend into triangles. They also have pink and blue finials at their apexes. The upper portion of each of the walls is painted yellow-white with red and blue detailing. Where the side walls border the pilasters, they are painted yellow with a red and blue scalloped detail along the outer edges. Inside the altar, the side and top walls are painted yellow-white with pink details. The figure of the Virgin stands upon a two-part plinth. The lower part is cylindrical and is painted yellow-white with green splotches. Atop the lower portion, there is a small blue mound. The Virgin is barefoot. She wears a gold crown, a long red jacket and a yellow-white dress with gold embroidery. In her left hand she holds a gold staff and in her right hand she holds baby Jesus. The child wears a yellow robe with gold trim. The skin of both figures is pink. The back of the object is unpainted. There is a piece of paper affixed to the back of the object with paint. On it, the subject of the altar is written in blue pen. There is also a piece of tape with a number written on it in blue pen.

Portable altar with movable doors. The walls of the altar are painted yellow-white. On the top and sides, there are green vines with coloured flowers painted over the yellow-white background. The exterior of the doors, on the front of the object, have a large flower split between them. The doors are bordered with a red line and have abstract yellow patterns in the corners. There are also four green leaves protruding from the flower. Above the doors, the façade of the altar extends into a peaked roofline. It is painted yellow with grey curlicues and a grey cross. Inside each of the doors has one flower on it, with red petals outlined in yellow. The top and bottom petals of each flower are long and thin while the side petals have a more rounded shape. There are green vines flanking the petals as well as four green leaves. The doors open to reveal many figures inside of the altar. The opening is bordered by yellow edges. The interior is painted light blue with purple borders around the back wall. The largest figure, God the Father, is in the background of the altar. He has curly grey hair and a grey beard, wears a large yellow crown, red shawl, yellow-white robe and holds a yellow sceptre. His hand that is not holding a sceptre is upraised with the index finger pointing upwards. Below him there are smaller figures of people and animals. On the left side, near God’s feet, there is a man with a mustache and goatee; he wears a red hat with a white band around it. On the right side there is a man with black hair, mustache and goatee who holds a yellow bushel. Between the men, there is a yellow-white ungulate with horns and a red saddle strapped to its back. In front of the man in the orange hat, on the left side of the altar, there is a woman wearing a pink shawl, yellow blouse and green skirt carrying a large satchel over her shoulders. Next to her is a man with long black hair and mustache who wears a red and black striped tunic and green pants, and is holding a red bow in his left hand and a yellow mandolin in his right hand. Right of the musician, there is a large pile of yellow grains. A grey fox or dog drapes its body over the pile. Right of the grey animal there is a woman wearing a pink hat, yellow white shawl and grey skirt. She holds a yellow basket and has a baby strapped to her back. In front of the woman in the pink shawl, there is a rooster with a brown body and red feathers on its head. A small figure of a man is placed in front of the rooster. He wears a black hat with a white band around it, a yellow-white shirt and red pants. He holds a rope over his left shoulder. Next to this man, there is a brown bird. Right of the brown bird, a sheep reclines on all fours. Next to the sheep, a yellow and red bird raises its beak to the sky. A yellow white parrot with a pink beak and feet sits on the furthest right in the foreground. On the back of the altar, the artist’s name, date of the work, location and number in a series are written in pink paint. There is also a piece of tape with a number written in blue pen on it. There is a metal eye hook in the top of the object.

A ceramic plaque in high relief depicting Christ and a cow. Around the perimeter of the work, there is a painted, decorative border; in the top left and bottom right, the border is red with black curvilinear lines. The red wraps around the corners. In the top right and bottom left, there is a red triangle in each corner and one on either side of the corner. The rest of the border is painted yellow-white with a pattern of red and black lines. The ground on which Christ and the cow sit is red and has clusters of short black lines to represent grass. Unlike the rest of the image, Christ and the cow are in relief. Christ perches on the cow’s body with a book open on his lap. He wears a baggy robe. There are red and yellow haloes around Christ and the cows’ heads. Christ’s halo seems to extend around his body or he wears a red and yellow cape. The cow has brown spots on its body and has horns. Near the top of the plaque, there is a hole through the ceramic for hanging. On the back of the object, there are three pieces of tape with writing on them. One piece has a hole with a grommet that corresponds to the hole through the plaque.

Portable altar containing a depiction of the Holy Week Procession in Ayacucho. The exterior walls of the altar are painted yellow-white with red borders around the edges. On both side walls, there are faint grey squiggly lines. Two pieces of leather are nailed to each of the side walls and to the sides of the doors; the leather pieces serve as hinges. The exterior of the doors are each painted with a red, purple and orange flower. Each flower has two long petals with undulating sides and two small purple petals. The centres of the flowers are orange. Above the doors, a triangular piece of wood is attached to the façade to create a peaked roofline. There is a faint black, brown and yellow motif painted on the triangular piece. The interiors of the doors are each painted with a flower. The flowers each have two red petals and two purple petals. The left and back walls inside the altar are painted purple. There are white stars or fireworks painted over the purple backdrop. Attached to the backdrop, on the back wall, there is a small plastic figure of an angel with purple wings. Below the angel, also attached to the backdrop, there is a figure of a praying woman. On the lower right side of the back wall, there is a plastic figure of a man playing a guitar. Left of the praying woman, ascending from the ground, there is a tall structure formed from thin black beams. The beams meet in a dome-shape at the top of the structure. Attached in various places to the structure, there are three yellow and red bundles. A woman in a purple shawl and red dress stands in front of the structure with her hands clasped in prayer. Her baby is strapped to her back. Next to her, there is another woman in an orange shawl holding a yellow and black striped object. Right of this woman, there is a large white platform with many candles attached to it. The candle flames are red and the platform is decorated with gold patterns throughout. The platform also has various white and gold pots attached to it. A figure of Jesus stands atop the platform. He is wearing a red sash, is surrounded by a gold halo and holds a gold flag. Right of the platform, a man with a mustache holds a yellow and black tuba. In front of the woman in the purple shawl, there is a man in a round-collared yellow robe holding a staff with a vase-shaped object atop. Next to him, there is a man in a dark blue robe, red and black striped cape and red, black and yellow crown. The man wearing the crown holds an open book in his hands. Next to him, there is another man in a round-collared robe holding a staff. Behind him, a woman carries her baby on her back and clasps her hands in prayer. Right and in front of her, there is a woman in a red shirt and yellow and black cape; she also clasps her hands in prayer. There is a child next to her, wearing a yellow shawl and skirt and purple shirt. Next to the child, there is a man in a yellow shirt, blue tie and blue pants. A small boy stands next to him. Behind the man and the boy, a musician with a thin mustache plays cymbals. Next to the cymbalist, a man in a blue and black striped outfit holds a candle in his hand. A small boy also holds a candle to his right. The artist’s name is written in green paint on the back of the object. Two numbers are also written on the back of the object, one in red ink, the other in pencil.

Tin retablo altar depicting 'Our Lady of Solitude.' The case of the altar is made of tin and glass. The top and bottom of the object form a trapezoid. Three of the four sides of the case are glass in a tin border. The back side of the case is tin that has been polished on one side to give it a mirror effect. Along the top edge of the case, there are decorative pieces of tin with scalloped edges. These pieces are also embossed. The front piece has a flower and leaves embossed into it. There are decorative pieces of tin along the bottom edge of the case too. These pieces have straight edges and are embossed with a half-circle design. Inside the glass, there is a small figure of a woman, created out of plastic and fabric. Her elbows are bent and her hands are joined together in prayer. Due to her large garment, most of the woman’s body is obscured from view. Only her hands and her face are visible. The woman’s eyes are closed. Her garment is a hooded robe that has a triangular shape. The garment is brown with gold seams and brown sparkles arranged into a sun motif. She wears a gold crown on top of her head. The woman stands upon a small tin base that has flowers embossed in it. In the background, there is a wooden frame to which there are tin foil flowers and leaves affixed. The flowers are orange, yellow, red and pink on the front and some are blue on the back. Stamped into the ceiling inside the case is the word is the word ‘Mexico’ written backwards. On the top exterior of the case, there is a small triangular hook. On the back of the altar, there is a small hole. There is also a number and some indecipherable words written. On the bottom of the object there is a number and some letters written in a white pencil.

Painted ceramic plaque in high relief. Depicts Santiago de Compostela (Saint James of Compostela) on a horse killing three men. Santiago de Compostela has long, dark hair, a hat and shaped mustache. In his left hand he carries a sword in an upraised position; in his right there is a round shield. The men that he is attacking carry round shields with the same motif as his shield. One victim, on the right, is below the horse’s back hooves; another is positioned below the horse’s front hooves with the top of his head facing the left side of the image. The third victim stands on the left side of the image, and his face appears to have been slashed and his feet are bare. Throughout the background of the plaque there are stars formed by 8 bisecting lines. In the top right corner there is an indecipherable image, oval in shape with a pointed bottom. There is also an indecipherable object slightly left of the second victim’s head. There is a thin line which forms a border around the edges of the plaque. The back of the plaque is painted red-brown. (Twentieth century.)

Carved wooden figure of a man. The carved hair is very round with a straight fringe and cut high on the back of the neck. His eyes and mouth are slits; his nose and ears protrude. The figure’s head is off-centre, slightly to the left. He is carved wearing an A-line dress with short sleeves and a V-neck, with pants underneath. There is one stripe around the end of each sleeve and there are two stripes around the bottom edge of the garment. His left arm is stuck close to his body and in it he holds a knife. In his right arm he holds a stick upwards. His toes are incised and he stands on a rectangular base with softened corners. On the bottom of the object, there is a piece of tape with a number written on it in pen.

An undyed, coarsely woven cotton blouse with embroidered shoulders, chest panel, back panel, long sleeves, and cuffs. The embroidered designs consist of leaves, flowers, lines, and criss-cross designs. The design on the shoulders consists of multi-coloured leaves, and flowers created with blue lines and light purple hatching. The embroidery on the chest consists of one blue and one multi-coloured flower with multi-coloured leaves that have been bordered with red hatching (outside) and blue hatching (inside). The embroidery on the back consists of two blue flowers with multi-coloured leaves that have been bordered with red hatching (outside) and blue hatching (inside). The back also contains a sewn blue line that runs from the back embroidery to the neck opening above. The sleeves display a multi-coloured leaf and flower motif that is bordered with green hatching. The cuffs of the blouse are closed with black buttons and braided blue yarn fasteners. The embroidered design on the cuffs depict multi-coloured leaves and dark blue flowers edged with dark pink ribbon, light pink hatching, and an orange-red line. The separate strap (b) consists of purple-pink acrylic ribbon, and the ends have been sewn together with green thread that forms a loop. Looped into this green strap is a smaller braid of green and pink-purple that has been tied to form a second loop.

Toy red, black and blue tin stove (a), with tall painted silver chimney and oven door that opens, has a rectangular drawer(?) with removable lid (b) and a rolled tin bar (c) from which hang several kitchen utensils. A blue kettle with lid (d, e), a red cooking pot with lid (f, g) and a smaller pot (h) sit over three holes on top and hanging are a funnel (i), strainer (j), flat gold griddle (k), gold spoon (l), and a straw paddle (m).

This belt has been designed with a geometric pattern. Dark yellow and green horizontal stripes run along the top and bottom, while the stripe in the centre is green and light pink. The ends of the belt are finished with a fringe, consisting of eight braids.