Curahuara de Carangas
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
CR01: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
UB01: design element - patterns - fluted
Scene Description: on the stem
INFORMATION
FontID: 14706CUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Curahuara de Carangas
Country Name: Bolivia
Location: Sajama, Oruro
Directions to Site: Located about 160 km WNW of Oruro, 200 km S of La Paz, 211 km ENE of Arica
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel, at the W end, N side of the nave
Date: 1608?
Century and Period: 17th century(early?)
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in La Iglesia de Curahuara de Carangas (2008). Baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with concave ribbed pattern all around; raised on a circular pedestal base decorated with a double moulding at the top end, the sides fluted, the lower base square and moulded. The wooden font cover is flat and round, modern. The outer surfaces of the font show red, blue, ochre and yellow paint on them. The font is located in the baptistery, a chapel located off west end of the nave, north side; this chapel is covered in mural paintings related to the motif of baptism.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
La Iglseia de Curahuara de Carangas, La Paz: Universidad Católica Boliviana; Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folclore; Plural Editores, 2008