Dona Sebastiana

NamePainting

Maker Rhiannon Barela

CultureHispano

Date2014

Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, paint, gesso, string

Dimensions7 5/16 × 5 1/4 × 11/16 in. (18.5 × 13.3 × 1.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, purchase with funds from Dan Prall, FA.2017.16.1

Object numberFA.2017.16.1

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionSebastiana (lady death), a skeleton, wears a black hat with rose flowers on top and an orange underside and a dark blue dress. She rides on a two wheeled cart going downhill on bare hills. She has long flowing gray hair and holds a bow and arrow. The sky behind her is dark blue.