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Lady
of Sorrows
Local Name: Nuestra Señora de
la Soledad
Basis for Identification: Black and
gold mantle from the top of the head nearly to the
floor, full crown, dark dress, sorrowful expression.
Other characteristics: A
white handkerchief covers the hands, from which hangs a
pendant on a chain.
Site: Church of San Juan Bautista
Coixtlahuaca.
Location: In a
glass case in the first bay in the north wall of the
nave (see
note).
Media and construction: Frame
construction
with fabric garments.
Face of wood, gesso, paint. Eyes: glass, with lashes.
Sculpted teeth.
Size: About 4 feet (120 cm.)
Comparable santos in Oaxaca:
Achiutla,
Santa Ana del
Valle, Cuilapan,
Ejutla, Etla, Huitzo, Mitla, Teotitlán,
Teposcolula1, Teposcolula2,
Tilantongo,
Xoxocotlán,
Yanhuitlán,
Zimatlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Statues
of
Mater Dolorosa
Next: Also
in the first bay, a statue of an
unidentified saint.
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Coixtlahuaca
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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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license. You are free to share or remix it on two
conditions: first, that you attribute it to the
photographers, Claire and Richard Stracke, without
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