PLACE REPRESENTED: El Salvador
ITEM: Catholic cross
NOTES: A small traditional Catholic cross from El Salvador. Simple, vivid and both regional specifc and global.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: El Salvador
MANUFACTURER: Artesanias “Jesus Obrero”
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm high x 5.5cm across.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Pula , Croatia
ITEM: Religious Ornament
NOTES: The Blessed Virgin amongst shells with the town name written in (read: insert any town name). Actually, Pula is quite a spectacular mid-size Catholic Croatian coastal town.
Well, that explains the shells and the Blessed Virgin.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: shells
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm high, 10cm across
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ireland
ITEM: Religious Ornament
NOTES: St Brigid’s cross specific to Ireland.
It is traditionally made from rushes or straw and it is believed that a Brigid’s Cross protects the house from fire and evil. Accordingly, it is hung in many Irish and Irish-American kitchens for this purpose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid’s_cross
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Ireland
MANUFACTURER: Knock Pottery
DIMENSIONS: 17cm by 17cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Nicaragua
ITEM: Religious
NOTES: A colourful cross from Nicaragua with vivid drawings of village life. Vivid and appealing.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2012
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Nicaragua
MANUFACTURER: Handmade
DIMENSIONS: 24cm high , 18.5cm across