Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Nicho with Milagros
The Virgin of Guadalupe is the most famous saint in Mexico - the patron saint of Mexico, in fact. Known as the “Virgen Morena” - the brown skin virgin- Guadalupe was supposedly first encountered on the Hill of Tepeyac in what is now Mexico City only a few short years after the Spanish Conquest, by an Aztec Indian, Juan Diego, who was told to go and tell the bishop to build a temple on the spot where he first saw her. It happens that this spot is the same location where the temple of Tonantzin (“Our Lady” in the Aztec dialect, Nahuatl) was located. Tonantzin, on the other hand, was the recreation of an earlier Mother Goddess of the Indians who had been in the Valley of Mexico long before the arrival of the Aztecs.
This image is carved and painted by hand. The milagros on the frame of the nicho are painted with a patina chemical to add to the appearance of an antique, as is the saint medal at the top, on the "concha".
These pieces are made with recycled wood - Mexican fruit crates - or “rejas” as they are called - by the self styled "King of Taco Deco", the world famous artist and bon vivant Bryant "Eduardo" Holman.
From Fausto's Art Gallery in Ojinaga, Chihuahua.
Cost: $16.99
The Aztec Virgin stands in a nice nicho with lots of milagros attached around the frame, and it is constructed in the traditional style. It looks much like a traditional antique 19th Century nicho.
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Fausto's Art Gallery
POB 470
Presidio, TX 79845
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