La Virgen del Carmen (Our Lady of Mount Carmel)

Wood, gesso, paint; glass eyes for both figures, wig and lashes for the Virgin; fabric garments, metal crowns with glass jewels.
Height 4½ feet (1⅓ m.).
Huitzo, Oaxaca, Mexico

This is the classical form of Carmen images: Mary wears a brown robe and bib, white mantle, and a crown. Her right hand holds a scapular, and her left holds the Christ Child, similarly crowned and dressed.

Mary's hands are joined to the arms at the wrists and the arms are crudely painted in blue. The feet are of a piece with the legs, but are finished only to just above the ankles. The child has ruddy, chubby cheeks and a small nose. Both have very small mouths.

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Photographed at the church by Claire and Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.