St. Benedict
Wood,
gesso, paint; cloth cap; painted eyes, no visible hair; approx. 3
feet tall.
Church of San Juan
Teitipac, Oaxaca, Mexico
Identified
as St. Benedict by Sr. Hilario Lopez at the church, the saint wears a
red nightcap, black habit, and buckled
black shoes.
A large aluminum
Christmas
star hangs from the right hand. The figure has a naive quality in the
roughness
of the carving and the simplicity of the facial expression. The left
hand
has broken off. The habit has been repainted. The statue is of one
piece
with the base.
Photographed at the
site by Claire and Richard Stracke