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Santos and Saints is a guide to New Mexican Spanish religious folk art (santos) of the last century. The book provides information illustrating the santero's art and describes the traditional roles of santos in both religious and secular life. Appendixes include lists of saints represented by New Meixcan santeros, a calendar of saints' days, a guide to the identification of santos, and lists of nineteenth- and twentieth-century santeros.