DepartmentHispano

San Rafael

NameFigure sculpture

Maker Alcario Otero (born 1952)

CultureHispano

Date1992, artist

Place madeLOS LUNAS, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES, NORTH AMERICA

MediumWood (cottonwood), mineral paints, pine sap varnish, tin, gourd

Dimensions22 1/16 in. (56 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, a memorial dedicated to Thomas A. Milne, a member of the Board of the International Folk Art Foundation Board of Trustees from March 25, 1981 to November 2, 1991, FA.1992.19.1

Object numberFA.1992.19.1ab

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionWinged male angel, San Raphael,(a) standing squarely on 3-tiered base. Blk. hair and eyes; pinkish skin. Holds green fish suspended from leather line in proper left hand, staff w/hanging gourd (b) in right. Dressed in red tunic with red, yellow, & grn. decorations and scalloped collar.