Casilda Luna’s Crucifix
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content: 20th century
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content: When Casilda Luna moved from the Dominican Republic to Washington, DC in 1962, she brought this metal crucifix with her. Affectionately known as “Abuelita,” or Grandmother, to the District’s Latinx community, Luna became a social worker and an advocate for her Adams Morgan neighborhood and beyond. The Gothic-style crucifix features a metal ring at its top for hanging on a wall to use devotionally at home. It was first on view in the Anacostia Museum’s Black Mosaic exhibition (1994-95), which focused on immigrant communities of African descent who migrated from Central and South America and the Caribbean to the Washington, DC area after World War II. A subsequent exhibition, Gateways/Portales, featured the crucifix in its exploration of Latinx immigration experiences in four US cities (2016-2018).
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content: Cuando Casilda Luna se mudó de la República Dominicana a Washington, D.C., en 1962, trajo consigo este crucifijo de metal. Conocida cariñosamente como "Abuelita" por la comunidad latina del distrito, Luna se convirtió en trabajadora social y defensora de su barrio de Adams Morgan y más allá. El crucifijo, de estilo gótico, tiene un anillo de metal en la parte superior para colgarlo en la pared y usarlo de forma devocional en casa.
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content: Se presentó por primera vez en la exposición "Black Mosaic" del Anacostia Community Museum (1994-95), que se centró en las comunidades de inmigrantes de ascendencia africana que emigraron de América Central, Sudamérica y el Caribe a la zona de Washington, D.C. después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Una exposición posterior, "Gateways/Portales, incluyó el crucifijo en su exploración de las experiencias de inmigración de los latinos en cuatro ciudades estadounidenses (2016-2018).
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
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content: Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1991.0101.0001
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content: Crucifix
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: 4 5/8 × 2 1/2 × 3/16 in. (11.8 × 6.4 × 0.5 cm)