COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
unknown artist
Date display:
1904
Title:
Cruz de Mision
Title:
Mission Cross
Title:
Santa Cruz
Title:
Holy Cross
Description:
Cross made of two pieces of hardwood dovetailed together with incisions on the front.
Note Fr. Steele:
"Mission crosses were made como 'Recuerdos de Misiones' -- as reminders of the good resolutions resulting from the parish mission (like a revival in a Protestant church). Large ones--2' tall or so--were set up in the town plaza or on a prominent hill; this one was made for the wall of a home."
Note Fr. Steele:
Other mission crosses I know of offhand: north side of I-4 just into Tijeras Caáon, on edge of cliff just west of exits, dating from Fr. Roberto Libertini, S.J., mission at Carnuel about 1923; AbiquiiPlaza, 1888; next to the door on front of Sagrado Corazon Chapel, Watrous.
Inscription:
Incised in front: INRI / Recuerdo ? de Misiones / Abril 17 Aáo de 1904
Location name:
Mexico
Materials display:
cut and carved wood (plant material)
Material name:
wood (plant material)
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Subject term:
Holy Cross
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Acquisition note:
1977
Accession number:
RU0057
Measurements display:
70.8 x 45.2 cm
Santo Subject:
La Santa Cruz (The Holy Cross)
Santo Subject Type:
Divine Subjects
Feast Day:
Good Friday
Note:
The cross shown without the body of Christ. It is often decorated with designs made of straw. Presumably the cross would have the same patronage as the crucifix.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED