Creator display:
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Sánchez, Charlie, Jr. (American santero, born 1947)
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Creator role:
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creator
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Date display:
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2012
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Title:
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Cruz
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Title:
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Cross
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Title:
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Cruz de la Sagrada Concepcion
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Title:
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Cross of the Holy Conception
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Title:
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Santa Cruz
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Title:
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Holy Cross
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Description:
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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.
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Inscription:
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on back: © "Cruz de la Sagrada Concepcion" / Charlie Sanchez, Jr. / Tome 2012 N.M.
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Location name:
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Tome
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Location name:
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New Mexico
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Location name:
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Valencia (county)
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Materials display:
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paint and straw inlay on wood (plant material)
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Material name:
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paint
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Material name:
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straw
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Material name:
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wood (plant material)
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Source name:
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Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
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Subject term:
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Holy Cross
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Work type:
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retablos (panel paintings)
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Acquisition note:
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2013, Santa Fe: Spanish Market.
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Accession number:
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RU0883
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Measurements display:
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40.7 x 23 cm
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Santo Subject:
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La Santa Cruz (The Holy Cross)
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Santo Subject Type:
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Divine Subjects
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Feast Day:
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Good Friday
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Note:
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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.
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Rights text:
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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