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Creator display:
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Vigil, Max (American woodworker)
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Creator role:
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creator
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Date display:
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1934
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Title:
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Matraca
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Title:
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Penitente Matraca
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Title:
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Ratchet Noisemaker
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Title:
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Penitente Ratchet Noisemaker
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Description:
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Rectangular wooden box with handle extending through a hole off-centered in one long side. Inside the box, the handle attaches to a ratchet; a single piece of wood is held in place against the ratchet by a rubber band looped around pieces of twig on the outside of either side of the box.
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Note Fr. Steele:
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"Joseph Gurule, formerly a worker at Regis Jesuit Community, said that he knew MV in La Garita, Colo; appears as illustration p. 197 of Penitente Self-Government [Thomas J. Steele, S.J, and Rowena Rivera, Santa Fe: Ancient City Press, 1985]"|"Used as prototype for matraca in Denver Art Museum art-cart, 1986."|"See 'Some tinieblas Symbolism' appendix in Steele/Rivera" cited above.
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Inscription:
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on side in pencil: Un Credo al Gran poder De Dios / por Vida y Salud / del Hermano / Max Vigil / Marzo 29 / Aáo de Dios / Del 1934
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Location name:
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La Garita
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Location name:
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Colorado
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Location name:
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Saguache (county)
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Materials display:
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cut and carved wood (plant material), nails, rubber band, twigs
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Material name:
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wood (plant material)
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Material name:
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found objects
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Material name:
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organic material
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Source name:
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Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
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Subject term:
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Noisemakers
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Work type:
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noisemakers
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Exhibition note:
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Denver, CO: Denver Public Library, Sept-Oct 1988; Denver, CO: Museo de las Americas, winter-spring 1996.
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Acquisition note:
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1975
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Accession number:
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RU0030
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Measurements display:
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24.5 x 29.5 x 8 cm
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Rights text:
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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