COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Sánchez, Charlie, Jr. (American santero, born 1947)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
2012
Title:
Cruz
Title:
Cross
Title:
Cruz de la Sagrada Concepcion
Title:
Cross of the Holy Conception
Title:
Santa Cruz
Title:
Holy Cross
Description:
Red wooden cross with an encrusted straw star design where the horizontal and vertical elements intersect, and a geometric zigzag pattern in straw from the central star to the four termini.
Inscription:
on back: © "Cruz de la Sagrada Concepcion" / Charlie Sanchez, Jr. / Tome 2012 N.M.
Location name:
Tome
Location name:
New Mexico
Location name:
Valencia (county)
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, Santa Fe: Spanish Market.
Accession number:
RU0883
Measurements display:
40.7 x 23 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