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Chima Altar III
Chima Altar III
Chima Altar III

Chima Altar III

Artist (born 1950 Santa Fe, New Mexico; lives La Cienega, New Mexico)
Date1992
Mediumcarved and painted wood with metal, glass beads, string, and nails
Dimensions35 × 60 × 17 in. (88.9 × 152.4 × 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1991 General Obligation Bonds and Funds from a Private Donor
Terms
    Object numberPC1992.79.1
    DescriptionCarved depiction of a view from the driver's and passenger's seat of a car. Inside the orange framed windshield is a painted image of the road. The rearview mirror contains a triangle with an eye in the center and a rosary hanging below. Two carved figures of Santa Maria and San Francisco sit on the dashboard under the rearview mirror. The steering wheel is depicted as a crown of thorns-the thorns made up of nails and in the center of the wheel is a flaming heart
    On View
    On view
    Route 285, New Mexico
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