Creator display:
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Ortega, José Benito (Colonial Spanish American santero, 1858-1941)
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Creator role:
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creator
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Date display:
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1890 circa
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Title:
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Jesis Nazareno
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Title:
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Jesus the Nazarene
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Description:
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Standing Christ figure with crown of thorns. A bleeding "kiss of Judas" is on the figure's left cheek, and significant painted blood runs from the shoulders, from below the tunic, the knees, and especially the back. The figure has jointed fabric elbows and wears a decorative painted tunic in green, yellow, red and black.
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Inscription:
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Typewritten notes attached to bottom: "Santos. Given to Walter and Alberta Drake June 1971 by Horace Anderson. They were given to him by David L. Neumann, Bishop's Lodge Road, Santa Fe. It came from Penitente Country between Santa Fe and Taos, N.M. Neumann traded for him. It was easier than cash."
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Location name:
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New Mexico
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Materials display:
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paint on carved wood (plant material)
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Material name:
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paint
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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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Jesus Christ--Passion
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Work type:
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bultos
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Work type:
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sculpture (visual works)
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Provenance note:
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originally from the Penitentes somewhere between Santa Fe and Taos; given in trade to David L. Neumann, Santa Fe; given by Neumann to Horace Anderson, who gave it to Walter and Alberta Drake in June 1971.
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Acquisition note:
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2013, purchase from an heir of the Drake estate.
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Accession number:
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RU0887
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Measurements display:
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77 x 27.5 x 16 cm
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Santo Subject:
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Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno (or, de Nazareno) (Our Father Jesus the Nazarene or Nazarite; or of Nazareth; the Ecce Homo)
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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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Rights text:
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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