San Rafael Arcángel
date: label: Date made
content: 1891-1956-11-04
name: label: depicted
content: Saint Raphael
label: maker
content: Cartagena Martinez, Juan
notes: label: Description
content: 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, found in the Bibles of Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians. Devotees of St. Raphael the Archangel consider him the traveler's guide, guardian of youth, and the archangel charged with healing humankind and the Earth. This <i>santo</i> was made early in the 20th century by Juan Cartagena in the town of Orocovis.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: 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. Los devotos de San Rafael lo consideran como guía de los viajeros, guardián de los jóvenes y arcángel capaz de aliviar a la humanidad y a la tierra. Este santo data de principios del siglo XX y fue tallado por Juan Cartagena en el pueblo de Orocovis.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Orocovis, Orocovis
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: 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: 1997.0097.0746
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0746
objectType: label: Object Name
content: santo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: handmade (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood; paint; plaster; paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 47 cm x 24.2 cm x 19 cm; 18 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in