Virgin
in Coffin
From the church at
Ejutla, Oaxaca, Mexico
Wood,
gesso paint. Lace and satin garments.
Lying on blue satin
quilt
and lace pillow, eyes closed as in death. Life size.
We
identify
this as la Virgen de la Asunción:
a similar Virgin was so identified in Paterna, Valencia, Spain).
More Latin American Santos of the Virgin
Mary
Photographed at the site
by Claire and Richard Stracke