Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- santo
- Date made
- 1861-12-10-1941-12-14
- maker
- Rivera Aviles, Genaro
- Rivera Aviles, Genaro
- 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: Arecibo, Morovis
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.0544
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.0544
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- subject
- Cultures & Communities
- Puerto Rico
- Religion
- Vidal
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Vidal
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Title
- Our Lady of Candlemas
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
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