Christ at the Pillar
Church of San Juan
Bautista, Coixtlahuaca,
Oaxaca,
Mexico
Wood, gesso, paint;
glass
eyes, indications of formed eyelashes, bald; tongue, six
sculpted
teeth;
painted wood pillar and stand.
This statue is quite
different
from Huitzo's more
sedate
Christ
at the Pillar. There is a good deal more blood. The figure has
fallen
down
and is held up by a rope tied to the pillar's top. The lesions
at the
knees,
elbows, and shins are remarkably large and deep, showing
muscle below.
The crown of thorns is in an unusual, more perpendicular
variation of
the
basketweave pattern. The right hand has lost the pinkie and
index
fingers;
the left index finger has been repaired.
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