DepartmentLatin America
St Nicola drapeau/flag
NameHaitain beaded banner with saint
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Place madeHaiti, Caribbean
MediumPolyester satin, plastic, sequins, beads
Dimensions16 1/8 × 14 3/4 in. (41 × 37.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.143
Object numberFA.2010.97.143
DescriptionCloth frame and backing in red satin polyester with center image of saint on plastic outlined in black beaded sequins. Identified on brown half oval at bottom of surplice as "San Nicolas de Bari." Inside arms of chasible in red sequins, background clear sequins except where there are figures of Mary in upper right, Jesus in upper left, two boys in barrel in lower left, one boy kneeling beside barrel and kissing the left foot of the saint, and a page standing to lower right of saint. Outer edge of plastic framed in white beaded sequins on red grosgrain. Left side from top to bottom reads "St Nicola" in white beaded sequins.
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