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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
Effigy of Saint Joseph
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Effigy of Saint Joseph

Place CreatedGuatemala, Central America, North America
CultureMaya
Date19th Century
MediumCedar wood (Meliaceae Cedrela), glass, pigment
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions19 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (48.9 x 19.1 x 8.9 cm)
Object number2009.042.260
Exhibition HistoryThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017

Published ReferencesThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/139.
"Dressing the Saints: Catholic-Related Maya Textiles for the Santos/as," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/dressingsaints.
ProvenanceEx coll. Samuel R. Bright, Jr. (1936-2001) and Mickey Paddock Bright Griffin, United States, probably purchased from Yuri Saldyt, New Mexico, July 1987.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas