- Santo, Front
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. - Santo, Back
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. - 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. - 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.