Conquistador figure

NameSculpture

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datelate 18th century

Place madeMexico, North America

MediumWood, gesso, paint

Dimensions14 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 3 15/16 in. (37.5 × 13 × 10 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Historical Society of New Mexico, A5.1996.2

Object numberA5.1996.2

DescriptionCarved, gessoed and painted standing male figure wearing a gold leafed frock coat, britches and greaves decorated in curving floral and leaf patterns. Moustache, goatee, slightly below shoulder length wavy hair and pink cheeks. Large buttons run down front, sides and back of coat. Entire right arm and parts of left arm and of both legs are missing. Hole on top of head. Pegged to rectangular brown base. Label pasted to back "Lord Jesus....out of the old...[Pec]os church when destroyed by the ....in 1680."