DepartmentHispano

Guadalupe Barelas Procession

NameDrawing on handkerchief; Paño

Artist or maker Manuel Maldonado

CultureHispano

Date2002

Place madeAlbuquerque, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumFabric (cotton handkerchief), ink

Dimensions14 3/4 × 15 7/16 in. (37.4 × 39.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, FA.2002.54.1

Object numberFA.2002.54.1

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionThe Virgin de Guadalupe with Albuquerque office buildings in each side looms over the procession below. The procession is led by a low rider followed by four men carrying a bulto of Guadalupe. Behind them are neighborhood residents, a young woman and little boy are in the forefront of the bottom left hand corner of the paño. Behind the procession are neighborhood adobe houses.
Signed on the lower right side.