Alien Ex Voto.
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Flickr user Baikinange has this neat pic of a Mexican man's ex voto (a votive offering to a diety, given for the fulfillment of a wish) to the Virgin of Guadalupe, for saving him from alien abduction. Link (via BurkinaLoveFaso) |
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Flickr user Baikinange has this neat pic of a Mexican man's ex voto (a votive offering to a diety, given for the fulfillment of a wish) to the Virgin of Guadalupe, for saving him from alien abduction. Link (via BurkinaLoveFaso) |
Sadly they are sold as folk art when really they are printed on ink-jet computer printers, glued to tin sheets and shellacked over to give the appearance of age or original folk art. I think they often sell for about 50 pesos ($5 USD) each but I could see people (myself included) easily paying more for such a pop-art print.