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- Santo, Close-up of Face
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Painted wooden santo with a red robe and a brown and yellow cloak. The paint is cracking and peeling, worm holes riddle the base, and the hands are missing, but the eyes retain their original luster. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Wooden Cross, Front
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Painted wooden cross with a three-tiered base. The cross is brown and trimmed in gold, with a hole in each of the arms and one in the main shaft, and reads “INRII” across a plaque at the top. Orange and red painted paisleys adorn the back. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Wooden Cross, Back
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Painted wooden cross with a three-tiered base. The cross is brown and trimmed in gold, with a hole in each of the arms and one in the main shaft, and reads “INRII” across a plaque at the top. Orange and red painted paisleys adorn the back. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 1727 Prayer Book
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: 1727 edition of Father Manuel Perez’s “Cathecismo Romano, Traducico en Castellano y Mexicano,” published by Francisco de Rivera Calderou in Mexico. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 1727 Prayer Book, Dedication Page
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: 1727 edition of Father Manuel Perez’s “Cathecismo Romano, Traducico en Castellano y Mexicano,” published by Francisco de Rivera Calderou in Mexico. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 1727 Prayer Book, Title Page
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: 1727 edition of Father Manuel Perez’s “Cathecismo Romano, Traducico en Castellano y Mexicano,” published by Francisco de Rivera Calderou in Mexico. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Rosary
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Rosary with black beads and a silver and black crucifix. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - San Ysidro Santo
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Modern wooden San Ysidro, the patron saint of farmers, made in the tradition of Colonial period New Mexican santeros, or saint makers. Provenience: Made by New Mexican artist Luis Tapia in 1982. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - San Ysidro Santo, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Modern wooden San Ysidro, the patron saint of farmers, made in the tradition of Colonial period New Mexican santeros, or saint makers. Provenience: Made by New Mexican artist Luis Tapia in 1982. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Lance
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Metal lance with a partial wooden shaft. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Dagger
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Dagger with ornate, flowery engravings at the base of the blade. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Dagger, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Dagger with ornate, flowery engravings at the base of the blade. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.