COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Miera, Ronnald N. (American santero, born 1966)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
2013
Title:
Cruz (Las Rosas)
Title:
Cross (The Roses)
Title:
Santa Cruz
Title:
Holy Cross
Inscription:
on back: Las Rosas / Ronnald N. Miera / 2011
Location name:
Denver
Location name:
Colorado
Materials display:
paint and straw inlay on wood (plant material)
Material name:
paint
Material name:
straw
Material name:
wood (plant material)
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:
2013, Denver: Chicano Humanities Art Center (CHAC)
Accession number:
RU0876
Measurements display:
22 x 13.4 x 2.3 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