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The images known in Chile as "santos populares” were carved during the eighteenth throughout the early twentieth centuries, by anonymous craftsmen without specialized training, intended to meet a demand of private piety, in houses and small chapels. These religious objects -saints or shepherds figures- like this angel with lost wings, were produced in the central zone of Chile and exhibit both Hispanic and indigenous roots, because of a cultural-religious syncretism.

Details

  • Title: Figure of an angel
  • Creator: Unknown, Chile
  • Date Created: 1780/1900
  • Location Created: Chile
  • Physical Dimensions: 16 x 6,5 x 4,4cm
  • Subject Keywords: HK.S.42
  • Type: Religious sculpture
  • Rights: Museo de Artes Universidad de los Andes, Chile
  • Medium: Wood, polychromy
  • Technique: Carved wood and polychromed

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