Carving
Penetente - Sculpture of cross and figures. Their are two types of figures on either side of the cross. Soldiers on the left and band members holding musical instruments on the right. Inscription on back of cross reads, "San Acacio" and "777B". Carving style from Las Truchas.
- Object: Carving
- Artist: -
- Circa: 1945
- Dimensions: 17" H x 16"W
- Culture Area: Southwest
- Cultural Group: -
- Cultural Context: This is typical of the Las Truchas Bultos refer to carved images of saints. www.nmhistorymuseum.org Saint: San Acacio/Saint Achatius José Benito Ortega, New Mexico,1875-1907 Gesso, and water-soluble paint on wood 20 ½” x 18 1/4 History Collection NMHM, 2007.32.25 Saint Achatius was a Roman soldier at the time of the emperor Hadrian in the second century and the leader of a martyred army. After a battle the soldiers retired as a group to Mount Ararat as converted Christians. Hadrian attempted to bring them back to duty unsuccessfully and they were crucified as punishment. Saint Achatius wears the uniform of a nineteenth-century soldier of northern Mexico and is depicted upon the cross with several soldiers beneath him.
- Donor: Marian H. Yamashita
- Catalog #: 103.116