Spanish-Colonial Santos
An antique hand-carved and polychrome-painted wooden Santos figure, likely originating from the Spanish Colonial period or 18th-century. The sculpture features a dark hooded cloak or mantle over a tunic with visible remnants of aged gesso, polychrome, and chipped dark paint exposing the bare wood beneath. The arms are truncated with hollow socket holes meant for insertion of separate articulated or pinned wooden/metal hands, showing standard age-related wear and losses. 11" H.
Condition
Good
An antique hand-carved and polychrome-painted wooden Santos figure, likely originating from the Spanish Colonial period or 18th-century. The sculpture features a dark hooded cloak or mantle over a tunic with visible remnants of aged gesso, polychrome, and chipped dark paint exposing the bare wood beneath. The arms are truncated with hollow socket holes meant for insertion of separate articulated or pinned wooden/metal hands, showing standard age-related wear and losses. 11" H.
Condition
Good
