Retablo Altar Item Number: 2946/86 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Small altar in a cardboard shadowbox with a gold frame. Small framed 3D composite image of the "Virgen de la Candelaria" in a decorated archway with flowers surrounding; cut electrical wire at back. There is a small plastic red light bulb in the box, connected to a white chord that is glued along the back to the top of the frame. Behind the light bulb is a photograph of a woman wearing a large red crown and encircled by a large gold halo. The altar is decorated with gold beads and silver-trimmed pink ribbons.