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.
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Danza de las Tijeras by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1005-1170-605x1024.jpg)
Cross with rooster, corn and revelers by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1010-1179.jpg)
Taller de Cruces retablo by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1018-1202-636x1024.jpg)
Amor y Paz Cross by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1021-1306-650x1024.jpg)
Cross with symbols of Christ's passion by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1027-1216-819x1024.jpg)
Antique anchor cross from La Mana, Ecuador
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1028-1218-547x1024.jpg)
Antique cross with relecarios from Bolivia
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1029-1219-452x1024.jpg)
Antique cross from San Pablo, Ecuador
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1030-1221.jpg)
Embroidered Mayan cross from a huipile (Chichicastenango, El Quiche, Guatemala)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1032-1226-683x1024.jpg)
Iron cross by Guadalupe Hermosillo Escobar (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1036-1234-547x1024.jpg)
Iron cross by Manuel Guerra (Cuenca, Ecuador)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1042a-1251-630x1024.jpg)
Crucifixion scene by Vidal Gutierrez (Lurin, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1045-1260-447x1024.jpg)
Female circumcision stool from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1047-1266-620x1024.jpg)
Wooden cross by Jose Mondragon (Cordova, New Mexico, USA)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1063-1325.jpg)
Processional Cross by Leonidas Orellano Castro (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1068-1335-717x1024.jpg)
Tin cross by Javier Gonzalez (Huancayo, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1074-1346-607x1024.jpg)
Straw applique cross by Timothy Valdez (?) (New Mexico, USA)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1076-1351.jpg)
Metal cross, artisan unknown (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1090a-1383-536x1024.jpg)
Antique wooden cross with Cristo (Ecuador)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1107-1405-648x1024.jpg)
Antique gullon/ceremonial staff cover (Ecuador)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1112-1411-853x1024.jpg)
Cotten mola in wooden frame (San Blas Islands, Panama)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1114-1413.jpg)
Antique insensario (Totonicapan, Guatemala)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1124-1422.png)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1130-1431.jpg)
Basket, artisan unknown (Venezuela)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1133a-1436-618x1024.jpg)
Iron house blessing (Latacunga or Cuenca, Ecuador)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1145-1464-538x1024.jpg)
Flight to Egypt cross by family of Manuel Guerra (Cuenca, Ecuador)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1177-1526-627x1024.jpg)
Black clay Yalalag cross by Simon Reyes (San Bartolo de Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1210-1589.jpg)
Potencias typically used to crown a Cristo or Santo Nino
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1226a-1607.jpg)
Votive candles (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1231-1617-586x1024.jpg)
Vintage chonta wood cross with wool adornment (Bolivian Andes)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1232-1618.jpg)
Antique glass fragment (Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1246-1649-745x1024.jpg)
Purse made from Panamanian-style mola (Cartagena, Colombia)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1251-1656.jpg)
Anchor mola (San Blas Islands, Panama)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1253-1659.jpg)
Hand-illustrated servilleta from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1258a-1664.jpg)
Hand-painted cotton skirt from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1261a-1668.jpg)
Cotton and rayon embroidered skirt (Isthmus of Mexico)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1261b-1670.jpg)
Cotton and rayon embroidered blouse companion to skirt (Isthmus of Mexico)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1003-11651-1.jpg)
Danza de las Tijeras by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1005-1170.jpg)
Cross with rooster, corn and revelers by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1010-1179.jpg)
Taller de Cruces retablo by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1018-1202.jpg)
Amor y Paz Cross by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1021-1306.jpg)
Cross with symbols of Christ's passion by Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1027-1216.jpg)
Antique anchor cross from La Mana, Ecuador
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1028-1218.jpg)
Antique cross with relecarios from Bolivia
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1029-1219.jpg)
Antique cross from San Pablo, Ecuador
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1030-1221.jpg)
Embroidered Mayan cross from a huipile (Chichicastenango, El Quiche, Guatemala)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1032-1226.jpg)
Iron cross by Guadalupe Hermosillo Escobar (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1036-1234.jpg)
Iron cross by Manuel Guerra (Cuenca, Ecuador)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1042a-1251.jpg)
Crucifixion scene by Vidal Gutierrez (Lurin, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1045-1260.jpg)
Female circumcision stool from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1047-1266.jpg)
Wooden cross by Jose Mondragon (Cordova, New Mexico, USA)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1063-1325.jpg)
Processional Cross by Leonidas Orellano Castro (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1068-1335.jpg)
Tin cross by Javier Gonzalez (Huancayo, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1074-1346.jpg)
Straw applique cross by Timothy Valdez (?) (New Mexico, USA)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1076-1351.jpg)
Metal cross, artisan unknown (Lima, Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1090a-1383.jpg)
Antique wooden cross with Cristo (Ecuador)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1107-1405.jpg)
Antique gullon/ceremonial staff cover (Ecuador)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1112-1411.jpg)
Cotten mola in wooden frame (San Blas Islands, Panama)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1114-1413.jpg)
Antique insensario (Totonicapan, Guatemala)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1124-1422.png)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1130-1431.jpg)
Basket, artisan unknown (Venezuela)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1133a-1436.jpg)
Iron house blessing (Latacunga or Cuenca, Ecuador)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1145-1464.jpg)
Flight to Egypt cross by family of Manuel Guerra (Cuenca, Ecuador)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1177-1526.jpg)
Black clay Yalalag cross by Simon Reyes (San Bartolo de Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1210-1589.jpg)
Potencias typically used to crown a Cristo or Santo Nino
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1226a-1607.jpg)
Votive candles (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1231-1617.jpg)
Vintage chonta wood cross with wool adornment (Bolivian Andes)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1232-1618.jpg)
Antique glass fragment (Peru)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1246-1649.jpg)
Purse made from Panamanian-style mola (Cartagena, Colombia)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1251-1656.jpg)
Anchor mola (San Blas Islands, Panama)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1253-1659.jpg)
Hand-illustrated servilleta from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1258a-1664.jpg)
Hand-painted cotton skirt from the Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1261a-1668.jpg)
Cotton and rayon embroidered skirt (Isthmus of Mexico)
![](https://foundationforfolkart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cross-1261b-1670.jpg)
Cotton and rayon embroidered blouse companion to skirt (Isthmus of Mexico)