St. Francis of Assisi
From the church
at
Ejutla, Oaxaca, Mexico
St. Francis of
Assisi
(Tonsure,
brown habit, stigmata, cord, rosary).
The figure
stands
with
the
right hand over its heart, gazing at the stigmata in the
left, which is
held up to his face. An amulet of a kneeling figure is tied
to the left
index with a red ribbon. Another has been tied to the left
pinky.
The statue is
hollow.
The robe is stiffened cloth and is chipped where the rosary's
crucifix
has been removed. The head is also hollow, the gesso
construction
visible
at the decomposing right ear. It has highly detailed teeth and
shining
eyes with elongated eyebrows dramatically raised. The friar's
cord is
made
of real rope that has been stiffened; rosary of black seeds
hangs from
it.
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