DepartmentHispano
Noah's Ark
Nameanimal figure group carving, sculpture
Maker
Jose Mondragon
(1931 - 1986)
CultureHispano
Dateca. 1960
Place madeCHIMAYO, NEW MEXICO, United States, NORTH AMERICA
Mediumwood, rawhide, adhesive
Dimensions12 × 27 1/16 × 10 1/2 in. (30.4801 × 68.7389 × 26.6701 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Girard Foundation Collection
Object numberA.1979.67.620
ProvenanceSALLIE WAGNER COMMISSIONED THIS PIECE FROM THE ARTIST, HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BIBLE STORY AND SHE HAD TO TELL IT TO HIM. - C. CERNY
DescriptionCordova style wood carving of animal figure group/Noah's Ark scene. Mondragón was born on the fourth of August, the feast day of St. Dominic. Around his hometown of Cordova, he was known as “José Domingo” in honor of his patron saint. An accident in the 1950s forced Mondragón to give up farming, and he devoted his time instead to carving rosaries, animals, and santos (saints).
