Electric guitar

NameInstrument

Maker Eugene Santillanes

Date2018

Place madeCarlsbad, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, metal, paint, mother of pearl

Dimensions39 3/4 × 12 13/16 × 2 3/4 in. (101 × 32.5 × 7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2018.68.1

Terms

value (economic concept)

Object numberFA.2018.68.1

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

ProvenanceArtist completed several years ago, but this piece was purchased from the artist at the 2018 Summer Spanish Market

DescriptionThis guitar has a black wooden body with a scene carved into it of a devil, painted red and black, and an angel, blonde with a purple dress. There are two snakes near the devil, one orange and one green, and a large brown tree carved in the background of the two figures. The neck of the guitar is unaltered and has a dark finished wood and mother of pearl inlay. The headstock has been carved to look like an extension of the brown tree that is carved on the body of the guitar.