San José
date: label: Date made
content: late 19th-early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: The <i>santos</i> collected by Teodoro Vidal were objects of religious devotion. Note the <i>milagros</i> tied to this base of the figure of <i>San José</i>. Saint Joseph is often depicted with his staff as he carries the Christ Child.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Los santos coleccionados por el Sr. Vidal constituían verdaderos objetos de devoción religiosa. Obsérvense los milagros adheridos a la base de esta figura de San José. San José se representa a menudo con una vara, cargando al Niño Jesús.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: Saint Joseph
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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: 1997.0097.0849
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0849
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: santo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; paint; metal; nylon (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: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.7 cm x 9.6 cm x 6.8 cm; 6 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 11/16 in