Iron cross from the old Cathedral of Port-au-Prince, ca. 1850, 138 x 99 cm.

Objects- Cult and spiritual

Material: Metals | Type: Jewelry/Personal adornments Furniture | Countries: Haiti

  • Period

    Colonial and Republican

  • Red List

    Emergency Red List – Haiti

Category

Objects- Cult and spiritual
Large diversity of objects, essentially voodoo and Christian (and sometimes Freemason). The voodoo objects are often decorated and made from vegetal elements, textiles, metals, clay or cement. They are functional, figurative or abstract: sculpture, furniture, containers, jewellery
and clothing.
© Musée du Panthéon national haïtien