San Miguel

NameSculpture/Bulto

Artist Artist unrecorded

Place collectedNew Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, gesso, paint

Dimensions27.6cm high, not including modern base

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Historical Society of New Mexico, A5.1955.33

Object numberA5.1955.33

DescriptionFigure has forward lean, right foot advanced, knees low down in proportion to torso. "Archangel" dress simplified to shirt, kilt, short pointed tail at back. Ruffled collar, girdle and border of kilt are carved in relief, with raised rosettes. Head is small with delicate features, had neck-length gesso hair and a forehead band of diadem shape, cardboard (?) covered with ;gesso. Wings were apparentlyi small and attached flush to the shoulders, to judge by the gesso losses which are now shaped like overlapped hearts.