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    		• Baca Family,
     
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    		• Architecture -- Religious
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Emblem -- Cross
     
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    		• Homage -- Baca,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Shrine, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Baca Family, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Shrine, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1940.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Metal, wood and found objects.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 6 x 4 x 4 ft.
    Description: 
    Shrine consists of a small chapel with statuary inside. On the outside it is decorated with flowers, rosaries and other trinkets. There is a cross on the roof above the entrance, decorated with flowers and beads.
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Religious -- Shrine
    History -- United States -- World War II
    Emblem -- Cross
    Homage -- Baca,
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Highway 60 near Box Canyon, between mile markers 132 & 133, Socorro County, New Mexico
    Remarks: 
    Shrine was built by the Baca family to protect their son who was fighting in World War II. It was moved when the road was diverted. The Shrine is enclosed by a wire fence and is accessible by a gate with a cross overhead.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS NM000586
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