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Creator display:
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unknown artist
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Date display:
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1904
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Title:
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Cruz de Mision
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Title:
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Mission Cross
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Title:
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Santa Cruz
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Title:
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Holy Cross
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Description:
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Cross made of two pieces of hardwood dovetailed together with incisions on the front.
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Note Fr. Steele:
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"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."
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Note Fr. Steele:
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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.
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Inscription:
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Incised in front: INRI / Recuerdo ? de Misiones / Abril 17 Aáo de 1904
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Location name:
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Mexico
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Materials display:
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cut and carved wood (plant material)
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Material name:
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wood (plant 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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Holy Cross
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Work type:
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retablos (panel paintings)
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Acquisition note:
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1977
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Accession number:
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RU0057
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Measurements display:
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70.8 x 45.2 cm
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Santo Subject:
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La Santa Cruz (The Holy Cross)
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Santo Subject Type:
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Divine Subjects
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Feast Day:
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Good Friday
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Note:
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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.
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Rights text:
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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