Doña Sebastiana

NameSculpture

CultureHispano

Date2008

Place madeSan Juan, NM, United States, North America

MediumWood, hair, sinew

Dimensions9 3/16 × 8 11/16 × 14 3/8 in. (23.3 × 22 × 36.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2016.84.1

Object numberA.2016.84.1

DescriptionDona Sebastiana sits on a chair in an open-sided death cart with wood wheels that is being pulled by a penitente male figure with a cross hanging from his neck. She wears a sun bonnet and holds a bow in her left hand and two arrows in her right,, plus a long bunch of animal hair hangs down her back, and the cart. Short strands of hair are on top of her head. The cart and the man are on an oblong base with carving along the edge. A wooden sign carved with "Dona Sebastiana" hangs on the back of the cart.