New Mexican Church Corbel, c. 1790s
notes: label: Description
content: This architectural bracket, or corbel, made in the 1790s, would have adorned the mission church at Pecos, New Mexico. Established by Spanish Franciscans to convert Pueblo peoples in 1621, the church was rebuilt after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The corbel was excavated by Dr. Ferdinand V. Hayden in 1870 for the U.S. National Museum Bureau of Ethnology, before being transferred to the National Museum of History and Technology – now the National Museum of American History. The site of the Pecos, New Mexico mission church is a National Historic Landmark and State Park. This corbel is made of carved wood, and has painted elements. It would have been part of a horizontal short bracket, built into the mission church’s adobe wall.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Mexico
label: location where used
content: United States: New Mexico
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.009721
label: accession number
content: 1992.0039
label: catalog number
content: 9721
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0039.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Corbel, Church
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: carved (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 23 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 59.69 cm x 13.97 cm