The All-Powerful Hand
date: label: Date made
content: late 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Caban Group
label: maker
content: Caban Group
notes: label: Description
content: The ancient symbol of a protective hand is common to Christians, Jews, and Muslims. This figure, the <i>Mano Poderosa</i> or All-Powerful Hand, from the late 1800s, is a specifically Catholic version of its Roman predecessor. The five small figures atop the fingers are: Baby Jesus on the thumb; St. Joseph on the index finger; the Virgin Mary on the middle finger; St. Joachim (Mary's father) on the fourth finger; and St. Anne (Mary's mother) on the pinkie.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: El antiguo símbolo de una mano protectora es común a cristianos, judíos y musulmanes. Esta figura de la Mano Poderosa, del fin del siglo XIX, es una versión específicamente católica de su predecesora romana. Las cinco figuras pequeñas en el extremo superior de los dedos son: el niño Jesús en el pulgar; San José en el índice; la Virgen María en el mayor; San Joaquín (padre de María) en el anular y Santa Ana (madre de María) en el meñique.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Camuy, Camuy
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: La Mano Poderosa
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Religion
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0225
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0225
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Santo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: handmade (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood; paint; metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.6 cm x 9.3 cm x 6.4 cm; 10 1/16 in x 3 11/16 in x 2 1/2 in