COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Velásquez, Juan Ramón (Colonial Spanish American santero, 1830-1902)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1987
Title:
Cruz
Title:
Cross
Title:
Santa Cruz
Title:
Holy Cross
Description:
Cross made of two pieces of aspen dovetailed together, with the four termini widening and flaring out from the crossing. An incised circle marks the crossing, whose outer margins are chip-carved into a sun motif. Incisions on each of the four arms form diamond-shaped decorations.
Location name:
Vadito
Location name:
New Mexico
Location name:
Taos (county)
Location name:
Las Trampas
Materials display:
aspen
Material name:
aspen (wood)
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:
May 1987 "when I was with CC [Colorado College] students at Las Trampas."
Accession number:
RU0114
Measurements display:
38.1 x 25.5 x 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