Crucifix:
The crosspieces are green dowels, rounded
and grooved at the ends rather than being capped. The
extremities are damaged. Some of the detailing has been
lost because of the thick re-painting. Like the larger
crucifix behind it, the figure has lesions on the
shoulders where the cross would have been carried.
Local Name: El Señor de la
Misericordia.
Basis for Identification: INRI
plaque, sculpted white perizoma.
Other characteristics: No
scutum, no crown of thorns.
To the right is a third, brightly colored Misericordia,
this one recent and of folk manufacture.
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla,
Santa Ana del Valle1, Santa Ana del Valle2, Cuilapan,
Etla, Guelavia,
Mitla, Nochixtlán,
Tamazulapan1,
Tamazulapan2,
Teitipac1,
Teitipac2,
Teitipac3, Teitipac Our
Lady of the Rosary,
Teotitlán1, Teotitlán2, Teposcolula1,
Teposcolula2,
Teposcolula3
(in Rosary case), Teposcolula
Convento1, Teposcolula
Convento2, Tilantongo1,
Tilantongo2,
Tlacolula1, Tlacolula2,
Xoxocotlán1, Xoxocotlán2, Xoxocotlán3, Xoxocotlán4, Yanhuitlán1, Yanhuitlán2, Yanhuitlán
Convento1, Yanhuitlán
Convento2, Yanhuitlán
Convento3, Yanhuitlán
Convento4, Yanhuitlán
Convento5, Yanhuitlán Ayuxi Chapel, Zimatlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Crucifixes
in
Mexico
Catholic Encyclopedia: Archaeology
of the Cross and Crucifix
Wikipedia: Crucifix
Christian Iconography: The
Crucifixion
Resurrected
Christ:
The loincloth appears to be polychrome. Wood can be
seen where the left thumb, left index finger, and
top joint of the left middle finger are missing. The
figure is carved of one piece with its pedestal. It
is short-limbed and muscular, a healthy youthful
body suggested by the curves of the stomach and
hips. By contrast, the head is disproportionately
large, with a long, thin nose. The hair is carved in
long, smooth waves.
Basis for Identification: Holding
a floor-length cross
in right hand, as in Resurrection art.
Other characteristics: Barefoot
and naked except for brief sculpted loincloth and a
recently added white cotton sash to cover the upper
chest (in other words, dressed as he had been for the
crucifixion).
Media and construction: Wood,
gesso, paint.
Size: About 2 feet (60 cm.)
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla, Cuilapan,
Mitla, Teitipac,
Teotitlán,
Teposcolula, Yanhuitlán, Zaachila.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Statues
of
Resurrection of Christ in Mexico
Catholic Encyclopedia: Resurrection
of Jesus Christ
Wikipedia: Resurrection
of
Jesus
Christian Iconography: The
Resurrection
Site: Church of Santa
Ana del Valle.
Location: Altar at the east end of the south wall of
the nave, to the left of the large central crucifix (see note).
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Note: On
this
site,
references to the cardinal directions always assume
that the main altar is at the east end of the church,
the narthex or entry area at the west end, and the two
walls
of the nave on the
north and south. (The
nave is the long central section.)
Actual orientations may differ.
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