Retablo Altar Item Number: 2862/30 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Small retablo altar of St. Anthony. Altar has a door attached by metal pins, opening on the left where it can be secured by two pieces of braided fibre rope at the mid-point. The outside is painted with designs: curved orange lines and green dots on the long sides, and the outline of a cross on the front. A painted pediment sits atop the altar. The interior side of the door is painted with a flower and leaves. Inside the altar are several plaster figures. The central is St. Anthony holding a child and a branch, and beside him is a skull and cross bones. On the side wall is another figure of St Anthony, also holding a child and branch. The third figure, standing on the bottom of the altar, is a shepherdess with two small animals.