COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
unknown artist
Date display:
1790 circa
Title:
Rey Mago o San Clemente Papa
Title:
The Wise Man or Pope St. Clement
Description:
Bearded male figure wearing a hat or crown, brown pants, and white and black garments with red details. Standing on a red pedestal, both arms are missing.
Note Fr. Steele:
"One of the Magi or Pope St. Clement of Rome."|"by a santero of the classic period; NKS pl 243 is a Santo Niño de Atocha, probably 182 at the very earliest, since this seems to have been done by the same hand"|"gotten from Tony Garcia on N 4th, Loretta Sanchez' father, who got it in Laguna Pueblo."|"not a subject in Santos & Saints until 1994 edition; still unsure..."|"quote alabanza 22-25e, Clemente as patron protector agst devil -- 'One of the oldest prayers which few persons now know,' 'Iva por un Caminito,' has these line (WPA/Reyes N. Martinez, -25e): San Clemente mi pariente / Para que el male no me tiente / Ni de noche ni de dia -- Saint Clement my relative / That the Evil One may not tempt me / Neither at night nor during the day"|"... but on the other hand, since the Lagunas like other pueblos appeal to the Tres Reyes Magos to empower the 'Spanish Officials' -- governor, etc, sacristans -- who deal with the non-Pueblo world of county, state, nation, and RC Church -- this may be Gaspar, Melchior, or Baltasar."|"Stylistically, it fits into the Rio Abajo/Messilla Valley/Northern Mexico stylegroup with RU 236"|"Robin Farwell Gavin is now studying it."
Materials display:
pigment on carved wood (plant material)
Material name:
pigment
Material name:
wood (plant material)
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Subject term:
Magi
Subject term:
Clement I, Pope
Work type:
bultos
Work type:
sculpture (visual works)
Exhibition note:
Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico-International Folk Art, 1995.
Acquisition note:
1992, from Tony Garcia
Accession number:
RU0170
Measurements display:
26 x 9.6 x 7.6 cm
Santo Subject:
El Santo Niño de Atocha (The Holy Child of Atocha)
Santo Subject Type:
Divine Subjects
Feast Day:
none
Patronage:
For travelers, for delivery of prisoners; more recently, against illnesses, especially those that cripple.
Note:
A child, always seated, in pilgrim's garb (broad-brimmed hat, staff with gourd, shoes), with a basket which generally contains roses. The staff is often decorated with ribbons; the ankles are occasionally shackled together.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED