COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Madrid, Mary Jo Martin (metal) (American santera, born 1946)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
unknown
Title:
Christmas tree ornament
Materials display:
wood (plant material)
Material name:
paper (fiber product)
Material name:
acrylic paint
Material name:
sgraffito (technique)
Material name:
wood (plant material)
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Work type:
prints (visual works)
Acquisition note:
gift of Barbe and Paul Awalt.
Accession number:
RU0362
Santo Subject:
San Nicolás Obispo (Saint Nicholas of Myra)
Santo Subject Type:
Male Saints
Lived:
Died: c. 350
Feast Day:
December 6
Patronage:
Patronage: for children and marriageable girls, probably.
Note:
A bishop renowned for good works (giving money to dower poor girls) and miracles (raising to life three children who had been pickled in a brine tub). Wearing a bishop's cape over a white alb and a miter, bearded, holding a palm and a dove in a cup or shell.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED