Christ
Carrying
the Cross:
This is an unusual statue. The figure has
abnormally long hands and an elongated face. The cross is
only half as high as the figure and is also unusual in
being a combination of two common, and one would think
incompatible, designs. Like dowel-and-endcap crosses, it
is painted a vivid green, has brass endcaps, and is
distinctly abstract. But it also resembles another type
common in Oaxaca, the more realistic tree-like cross with
a rough surface and cut-off "branches." This cross has
such "branches," but they are hardly realistic, having the
same vivid green as the main crosspieces, and the same
brass endcaps and thick dowel shape.
Basis for Identification: Cross,
crown of thorns, purple robe
Site: The Church of San Miguel
Achiutla
Location: In a
glass case on the second altar along the north wall of
the nave (see
note).
Media and construction: Wood,
gesso,
paint. Eyes: painted. Teeth:
sculpted.
Size: About 6 feet (185 cm.)
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Cuilapan,
Tlaxiaco,
Yanhuitlán,
Zimatlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons: Jesus
Carrying
the Cross
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On
the same altar, Christ
at the Pillar
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Note: On
this
site,
references to the cardinal directions always assume
that the main altar is at the east end of the church,
the narthex or entry area at the west end, and the two
walls
of the nave on the
north and south. (The
nave is the long central section.)
Actual orientations may differ.
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