St. Michael

NameFigure

Artist Luiza Dantas (Wood sculptor, Currais Novos, Brazil)

DateLate 1990s

Place madeCurrais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, South America

MediumWood, string

Dimensions21 1/4 × 15 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. (54 × 40 × 24 cm)
St. Michael figure (a): 16 1/8 × 8 1/16 × 4 3/4 in. (41 × 20.5 × 12 cm)
Base (b): 2 15/16 × 9 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (7.5 × 23.5 × 16.5 cm)
Feather (c: 3 3/4 × 1 × 1 9/16 in. (9.5 × 2.5 × 4 cm)
Right wing (d: 8 7/16 × 3 1/8 × 3/8 in. (21.5 × 8 × 1 cm)
Left wing (e): 8 7/16 × 2 15/16 × 3/8 in. (21.5 × 7.5 × 1 cm)
Scale (f): 3 3/8 × 6 11/16 × 2 5/16 in. (8.5 × 17 × 5.8 cm)
Sword (g): 5 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (14.7 × 5 × 8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Antonio C. La Pastina and Dale A. Rice

Terms

Currais Novos

Object numberA.2013.31.11a-g

DescriptionCarved, natural wood figure of Saint Michael (a) on a separate base (b). A feather (c) is attached to the back of the head with a peg. Two wings (d-e) attach to the shoulders. A scale (f) has two weights hanging from strings secured to a wood handle, and the scale is attached to the left hand with braided string. A sword (g) is held in the elevated right hand.