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Object Name

altar

Maker

Luis Eligio Tapia

Date

1990

Materials

Wood, carved, design elements in tin and plastic, acrylic paints

Dimensions

97 1/2 in x 53 5/8 in x 16 in (247.7 cm x 136.2 cm x 40.6 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase

Object ID

91.176.1

Institution

Autry Museum of the American West

Category

Art and Artifacts

Remarks

Altar screen made by Luis Tapia, wood with tin and plastic decorations, painted with acrylic paints, 1990. Inscribed at base: Dedisco este altar a la memoria de mi Amigo Chris Corriz 1974/1990 and Este altar fue hecho por la mano de Luis T 1990.

Subject

Hispanic

religious imagery

religious life

decorative arts

Publication

Art of the West selected works from the Autry Museum / edited by Amy Scott ; foreword by Stephen Aron ; afterword by Brian W. Dippie. page 8

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