Object Details
- Rivera Aviles, Genaro
- Rivera Aviles, Genaro
- Description
- This wooden figure of La Virgen de la Candelaria was made by Genaro Rivera in the town of Morovis in the early 1900s. This saint is especially popular in Puerto Rican cultural traditions and folk religion. Many of the first settlers to Puerto Rico came originally from the Canary Islands, bringing with them their patron saint, the Virgen de la Candelaria, the Virgin of Candlemas.
- Description (Spanish)
- Esta figura de madera de la Virgen de la Candelaria fue tallada por Genaro Rivera en el pueblo de Morovis al comienzo del siglo XX. Este es un santo particularmente popular dentro de la tradición cultural y religiosa puertorriqueña. La Virgen de la Candelaria era el santo patrono de muchos de los primeros colonos, oriundos de las Islas Canarias, que emigraron a Puerto Rico.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- 1861-12-10-1941-12-14
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.0544
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.0544
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- Object Name
- santo
- Physical Description
- handmade (overall production method/technique)
- wood; paint (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24.4 cm x 13 cm x 6.9 cm; 9 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 2 11/16 in
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico: Morovis, Morovis
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Religion
- Vidal
- Title
- Our Lady of Candlemas
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_601933
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-1ec8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
