Virgin
and
Child:
The child is held awkwardly in the left arm
and is disproportionately small; only its head can be
seen. The right hand holds what appears to be a golden
ball. A large pendant hangs from the neck. The shape of
the figure is conical, perhaps suggesting frame
construction. A neon ring light hangs above the figure
from the ceiling of the glass case.
Basis for Identification: Blue
mantle over white gown, baby in arms, full crown.
Site: Church of San Juan Bautista
Coixtlahuaca.
Location: In a glass
case
on the altar in the third bay of the north wall of the
nave (see note).
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Coixtlahuaca2, Cuilapan,
Guelavia,
Huitzo,
Díaz
Ordaz1, Díaz
Ordaz2, Zimatlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons: Statues
of
Virgin Mary in Mexico
Christian Iconography: The Madonna and Child
Next: In
this same bay, a
statue of the Christ Child.
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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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