Retablo Altar

Item number 2946/85 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Altar in a cardboard shadowbox with a gold frame. Framed 3D composite image of the "Oracion a la Santisima Virgen" in an archway with flowers and money, a small car and house etc. at her feet. She is at the centre, clothed in a blue mantle and praying. In front is a small red light bulb which is connected to a chord which runs through the back, terminating in a black two-pronged plug. The altar is decorated with fabric flowers, gold beads in the shape of flowers, ribbons and miniature plastic toys. There is a triangular metal hook for hanging on the back.