COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Sánchez, Charlie, Jr. (American santero, born 1947)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1997
Title:
Cruz
Title:
Cross
Title:
Santa Cruz
Title:
Holy Cross
Description:
Black cross outlined in encrusted straw with four dark-terra-cotta-colored finials. Cross decorated with straw in starburst pattern.
Inscription:
on back: Charlie Sanchez, Jr. / 1997 / Tomé, N. Mex.
Location name:
Tome
Location name:
New Mexico
Location name:
Valencia (county)
Materials display:
paint
Material name:
straw (plant material)
Material name:
wood (plant material)
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Acquisition note:
1997, commissioned.
Accession number:
RU0328
Measurements display:
30 x 18.6 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