Concrete, stone, glass, shells, candles, and toy animals
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Folk
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures-Grotto
Sculptures
Place:
New Mexico
Lovington
Date:
Ca. 1950
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995.
Image on file.
unsigned
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Summary:
A folk art shrine, possibly to St. Francis, with a curved grotto-like niche containing sea shells, candles, and toy animals. Shells and a bird bath are set in front of the grotto and toy animals, including a buck, a fawn, and a duck, are set off to the side.
