FTHIS IS A VERY FINE , HIGH QUALITY AND BEAUTIFULLY CARVED AMERICAN WOOD BULTO CORPUS OF JESUS CHRIST CRISTO FOR A CRUCIFIX OR CROSS FROM THE SOUTHWEST , LIKE;Y NEW MEXICO FROM THE LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURIES . PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTOS CAREFULLY AS THEY TELL THE WHOLE STORY. THE POLYCHROMING ON THE CORPUS IS AMAZING AND IT IS ALL ORIGINAL . THE FACE WAS CARVED SEPARATELY AND THEN GLASS EYES WERE INSERTED . YOU CAN SEE THAT IS ORIGINALLY HAD A RESPLENDOR OR HALO .THERE IS A HAND MI...SSING AND THE HEAD WILL NEED TO BE REGLUED BY THE NEW OWNER . PLEASE STUDY THE PICS AS THEY TELL THE WHOLE STORY THE CORPUS MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 15” HAND TO HAND AND 15 1/2” HEAD TO TOE . THIS COULD BE HUNG AS IS OR A CROSS COULD EASILY BE MADE TO HOLD IT. THISIS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A GOOD AMERICAN SANTO SANTOS BULTO CORPUS OF CRISTO . I AM SELLING OFF MY COLLECTION OF OVER 30 YEARS OF CROSSES AND CRUCIFIXES . I WILL BE POSTING ALL TYPES AND AGES OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SOME PIECES FROM MY COLLECTION HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN MUSEUM EXHIBITS AND HAVE BEEN LOANED OUT TO UNIVERSITIES FOR STUDY. I WILL INCLUDE THOSE SPECIFICS WHEN I POST PIECES RELATED TO EXHIBITS IN PARTICULAR.
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