Antique New Mexican Los Penitentes Folk Art Drum
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1.75" x 15.5" diameter. Antique 1922 handmade stretched leather drum with a hand painted image of Christ on the cross and the text "Cristo con las 12 cruezas de los apostoles" on the bottom, dated March 18 1922. Signed, though illegible. Created by a member or members of Los Hermanos de la Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno, also known as Los Penitentes or the Penitente Brotherhood, a fraternity of Spanish-American Catholic men active in Northern and Central New Mexico and southern Colorado. Wear includes some small holes in the leather, some fading and discoloration to the paint, and fraying to the back made of woven natural materials.
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Antique New Mexican Los Penitentes Folk Art Drum
Estimate $50 - $500
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