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Creator display:
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Headlee, Don (American santero, born 1938)
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Creator role:
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creator
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Date display:
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1989
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Title:
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San Miguel Arcángel
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Title:
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Saint Michael the Archangel
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Description:
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Winged, helmeted male figure standing on a snakelike monster, holding scales in his left hand and a sword in his right.
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Location name:
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New Mexico
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Materials display:
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carved cedar and cottonwood (plant material)
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Material name:
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cottonwood (wood)
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Material name:
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cedar (wood)
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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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Michael (Archangel)
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Work type:
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bultos
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Work type:
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sculpture (visual works)
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Exhibition note:
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Denver, CO: St Thomas Seminary, Dec 1992; Aurora, CO: Aurora History Museum, May-Aug 2009.
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Acquisition note:
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Acquired: 1989.
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Accession number:
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RU0153
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Measurements display:
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37 x 21 x 10 cm
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Santo Subject:
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San Miguel Arcángel (Saint Michael the Archangel)
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Santo Subject Type:
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Angels
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Feast Day:
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May 8, September 29
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Patronage:
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Patronage: Opponent of the devil (see Brown, Hispano Folklife of New Mexico, pp. 131-32) and all evil; patron of soldiers; guardian of small children.
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Note:
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Michael's main task is battle against the devil and all his symbols. Clad often in armor and crowned, holding balance-scales and a sword or spear, standing on a snakelike monster. He weighs souls in the pans of his balance scales, sometimes marked with a cross for eternal life and a zero for punishment. As guide of the soul in its journey to heaven, he may hold keys. In a few retablos, there is an as-yet-unexplained bracket over his left wing.
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Rights text:
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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