Antique Carved Madonna in Red White and Blue sunset press signal cards the checkerboard is oriented horizontally

the checkerboard is oriented horizontally

the artist was fairly known (active 1940s-60s)

with surface wear all to the good

Plenty of wear around the edges

all who appear to have been born in the 1830s-50s

Antique Carved Madonna in Red White and Blue sunset press signal cards the checkerboard is oriented horizontallyI really love the sweetness and super folkiness of this carved and painted Madonna Virgin of Guadeloupe, c. 1900 or so I believe and think either Mexican or New Mexicanand shes quite patriotic feeling now in her red white and blue! Certainly she once lived inside a nicho (case), likely along with the rest of the holy family but happily still stands atop her original pedestaltwo red painted wood squares and a blue painted carved globe with snake curled