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Object Number
2006.27.8
Display Title
Santo, standing saint or Christ figure
Descriptions
Object Description
Standing saint or Christ figure, wearing a green robe with red undergarment and separately carved hands, right proper hand missing; wearing a tin bultos in the form of a leg suspended around his neck with black thread; secured to two-tiered beveled base with two iron nails, polychrome surface much flaked but still retaining some of the original pigment.
Inventory Description
Effigy, standing figure on base, flaking paint, one hand missing
Classification
- Special
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1935?
Artist
Benigno Soto
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
United States
/
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
/
Puerto Rico
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Tin, Thread
Dimensions
Overall: 19.4 x 11.8 x 8 cm (7 5/8 x 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2006.27.8; Made by Benigno Soto
Credit Line
Gift of Frances S. Lewis
Provenance
Collector
Frances S. Lewis
(1957-1959)
Donor
Jennifer Seicol
(9/10/06)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006.27.8.1 | Tin bultos or milagro |
Special
|
Puerto Rico
| |
| 2006.27.3 | Santo, male |
Special
|
Puerto Rico
| |
| 2006.27.4 | Santo, female or Madonna |
Special
|
Puerto Rico
| |
| 2006.27.6 | Santo, female or Madonna |
Special
|
Puerto Rico
| |
| 2006.27.1 | Santo, Virgin of Monserrate |
Special
|
Puerto Rico
| |
| 2006.27.7 | Santo, female or Madonna |
Special
|
Puerto Rico
| |
| 2006.27.5 | Santo, female or Madonna |
Special
|
Puerto Rico
| |
| 2006.27.2 | Santo, Virgin of Monserrate |
Special
|
Puerto Rico
| |
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