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.

Round ceramic dish with abstract blue leaf design on the front, composed of blue shapes interspersed with thin blule lines. This design is set on a yellow-white background. The dish has a circle in the middle surrounded by an angled rim, and along the edge of the rim there is a thin, black painted border. The dish has a small circlular foot. Around the edge of the back of the plate, there is a blue triangular pattern. The rest of the back surface is solid yellow-white. "Oaxaca Mexico" is carved lightly through the glaze into the base.

Round ceramic dish with an abstract orange and black design on a yellow background. The top of the plate consists of a smaller circle within an angled rim. There are alternating orange and black triangles that convene in the centre around a small black circle. On the top there are a number of globs of glaze. On the bottom a yellow, orange and black pattern appears around the edge, in alternating sections of triangles in yellow, black and orange. The remaining surface on the bottom is solid yellow-white, and the dish has a small circular foot. "Oaxaca Mexico" is carved lightly through the glaze into the base.

Round ceramic dish with abstract green leaf design on the front, composed of green shapes interspersed with thin green lines. This design is set on a yellow-white background. The dish has a circle in the middle surrounded by an angled rim, and along the edge of the rim there is a thin, black painted border. The dish has a small circlular foot. Around the edge of the back of the plate, there is a green triangle pattern. The rest of the surface is solid yellow-white. "Oaxaca Mexico" is carved lightly through the glaze into the base.

Round ceramic dish with large flower design. On the front is a smaller circle within an angled rim. The design is of one large flower each in orange, blue and brown. There are also rounded green leaves and thin black lines interspersed throughout. Around the edge of the back is a design of alternating blue, brown and orange sections of triangles. The remainder of the back is a yellow-white colour. The location where the plate was made is etched into the glaze. The dish has a small circular foot, inside which "Oaxaca Mexico" is carved lightly through the glaze, into the base.

Parrot mask with a green head and a grey beak. Black and yellow horizontal lines distinguish beak from parrot face. Top of head has repeating pattern of white, red and black horizontal stripes on top of green base colour. Eyes are raised circular holes outlined in red, yellow and black, with white and brown porcupine quills(?) inserted and radiating outwards in a circle. Mouth outlined with red and black line. Red nostrils. Mask is carved from wood. Appears to have been coated in plaster before painting.

Mask of man’s face with black curly hair, moustache, and beard, curvilinear horns, elongated pointed ears, bulbous eyes and a fierce expression. Face has a dark complexion and is decorated across nose and cheeks with horizontal stripes of yellow, red, and white.

Mask of bald, dark-skinned male with long curling brown beard and moustache. Cheeks are rouged with red pigment. Forehead and area between eyebrows are wrinkled. Length of nose is exaggerated.

Unpainted mask of male face with long curly beard, moustache, open mouth and hair.

Wild cat mask carved from wood; plaster coated and painted. Yellow-orange with black around mouth, neck, ears, and under eyes. Shown with open mouth, fangs, and tongue sticking out.