DepartmentHispano

Sacred Heart

NameSculpture, carved object

Artist or maker Nicholas Herrera (Hispano, born 1964)

CultureHispano

Date1997

Place madeTaos, New Mexico, United States, North America

Mediumwood, gesso, paint, barbed wire

DimensionsOverall: 29 x 13 x 12 in. (73.66 x 33.02 x 30.48 cm)

Credit LineGift of Susan M. Hall

Object numberA.1998.60.7

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionCarved sacred heart painted red with jagged wire barbs stuck into the perimiter of the heart. Smaller yellow, red and black heart at the top. Two tiered rectangular black base with red and white trim. Object signed in white paint on lower tier.