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).