San Rafael Arcángel
date: label: Date made
content: late 19th-early 20th century
name: label: depicted
content: Saint Raphael
notes: label: Description
content: This <i>santo</i> represents St. Raphael the Archangel, the traveler's guide, guardian of youth, and the archangel charged with healing humankind and the Earth. Rafael is one of several archangels (high-ranking angels) who exist in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. The story of Rafael is found in the Book of Tobit, in the Bibles of Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Este santo representa a San Rafael Arcángel, guía de los viajeros, guardián de los jóvenes y arcángel encargado de aliviar a la humanidad y a la tierra. Rafael es uno de los varios arcángeles (ángeles de alta jerarquía) presentes en las tradiciones cristiana, judía y musulmana. La historia de Rafael se halla en el libro de Tobit, el cual se incluye únicamente en la Biblia de los cristianos católicos y ortodoxos occidentales.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Morovis, Morovis
title: label: Title
content: Saint Raphael the Archangel
topic: label: Subject
content: Saints
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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: 1997.0097.0775
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0775
objectType: label: Object Name
content: santo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; paint; metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: handmade (overall production method/technique)
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: 19.4 cm x 13.5 cm x 6.2 cm; 7 5/8 in x 5 5/16 in x 2 7/16 in