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.

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Photo: Claire and Richard Stracke. This photo is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.