Cross Collection
Photography by Grant La Farge
Samples from Patricia La Farge’s cross collection, which consisted of more than 250 items as of 2015.
Danza de las Tijeras by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
Cross with rooster, corn and revelers by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
Taller de Cruces retablo by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
Amor y Paz Cross by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
Cross with symbols of Christ's passion by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
Antique anchor cross from La Mana, Ecuador
Antique cross with relecarios from Bolivia
Antique cross from San Pablo, Ecuador
Embroidered Mayan cross from a huipile (Chichicastenango, El Quiche, Guatemala)
Iron cross by Guadalupe Hermosillo Escobar (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico)
Iron cross by Manuel Guerra (Cuenca, Ecuador)
Crucifixion scene by Vidal Gutierrez (Lurin, Peru)
Female circumcision stool from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
Wooden cross by Jose Mondragon (Cordova, New Mexico, USA)
Processional Cross by Leonidas Orellano Castro (Lima, Peru)
Tin cross by Javier Gonzalez (Huancayo, Peru)
Straw applique cross by Timothy Valdez (?) (New Mexico, USA)
Metal cross, artisan unknown (Lima, Peru)
Antique wooden cross with Cristo (Ecuador)
Antique gullon/ceremonial staff cover (Ecuador)
Cotten mola in wooden frame (San Blas Islands, Panama)
Antique insensario (Totonicapan, Guatemala)
Basket, artisan unknown (Venezuela)
Iron house blessing (Latacunga or Cuenca, Ecuador)
Flight to Egypt cross by family of Manuel Guerra (Cuenca, Ecuador)
Black clay Yalalag cross by Simon Reyes (San Bartolo de Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico)
Potencias typically used to crown a Cristo or Santo Nino
Votive candles (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
Vintage chonta wood cross with wool adornment (Bolivian Andes)
Antique glass fragment (Peru)
Purse made from Panamanian-style mola (Cartagena, Colombia)
Anchor mola (San Blas Islands, Panama)
Hand-illustrated servilleta from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
Hand-painted cotton skirt from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
Cotton and rayon embroidered skirt (Isthmus of Mexico)
Cotton and rayon embroidered blouse companion to skirt (Isthmus of Mexico)
Danza de las Tijeras by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
Cross with rooster, corn and revelers by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
Taller de Cruces retablo by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
Amor y Paz Cross by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
Cross with symbols of Christ's passion by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
Antique anchor cross from La Mana, Ecuador
Antique cross with relecarios from Bolivia
Antique cross from San Pablo, Ecuador
Embroidered Mayan cross from a huipile (Chichicastenango, El Quiche, Guatemala)
Iron cross by Guadalupe Hermosillo Escobar (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico)
Iron cross by Manuel Guerra (Cuenca, Ecuador)
Crucifixion scene by Vidal Gutierrez (Lurin, Peru)
Female circumcision stool from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
Wooden cross by Jose Mondragon (Cordova, New Mexico, USA)
Processional Cross by Leonidas Orellano Castro (Lima, Peru)
Tin cross by Javier Gonzalez (Huancayo, Peru)
Straw applique cross by Timothy Valdez (?) (New Mexico, USA)
Metal cross, artisan unknown (Lima, Peru)
Antique wooden cross with Cristo (Ecuador)
Antique gullon/ceremonial staff cover (Ecuador)
Cotten mola in wooden frame (San Blas Islands, Panama)
Antique insensario (Totonicapan, Guatemala)
Basket, artisan unknown (Venezuela)
Iron house blessing (Latacunga or Cuenca, Ecuador)
Flight to Egypt cross by family of Manuel Guerra (Cuenca, Ecuador)
Black clay Yalalag cross by Simon Reyes (San Bartolo de Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico)
Potencias typically used to crown a Cristo or Santo Nino
Votive candles (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
Vintage chonta wood cross with wool adornment (Bolivian Andes)
Antique glass fragment (Peru)
Purse made from Panamanian-style mola (Cartagena, Colombia)
Anchor mola (San Blas Islands, Panama)
Hand-illustrated servilleta from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
Hand-painted cotton skirt from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
Cotton and rayon embroidered skirt (Isthmus of Mexico)
Cotton and rayon embroidered blouse companion to skirt (Isthmus of Mexico)