Saturday, June 16, 2007
RANDOM WHAT THE HELL IS THIS???-from a catholic house eons ago
made of clay. almost 2 inches high. NOT a pie bird. no holes. you helped me with thee dibble, maybe you can help on this. i sort of call it my mini mary in a bathtub. definately a 'person'. i haven't seen another one. funny. i was brought up lutheran and i have 2 rosaries(jewelry) and some holy water bottles. i love the one that says keep full constantly. was bone dry when i found it. hmm, will have to post it! any clue?
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Hi Pansy! The wife thinks it's Mexican by the looks of it, lotta Catholics there. A mini-shrine to Mary?
# posted by 
: 9:56 AM
: 9:56 AM
yeah, could be mexican. the way it's 'glazed' and painted is very similar to my other mexican clay stuff. i was leaning towards mary or mary magdeline seeing the smile on the face. not exactly pieta like. considering the amount of catholic houses i have been in and mexican tourist stuff, i never saw another. but the why get mary when you can get a owl or frog?
Mexican decoration and the obvious subject would be their own Our Lade of Guadalupe, by the surrounding outline. Mary visited the peasant Juan Diego and told him to go see the bishop and tell him her wishes. Juan's cloak when he opened it for the bishop held roses in the winter and the picture of Mary as she is now represented everywhere in Mexico was on his cloak.
# posted by : 1:25 PM
: 1:25 PM
AHHHhhhh! ok. lady of guadalupe. that works too. didn't think it was jesus rising from his tomb.
so my guess was pretty close. wonder if more prevalent in mexico.
i prefer chickens and cats tho. mexican animals like this. just wait til i photoblog them.
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so my guess was pretty close. wonder if more prevalent in mexico.
i prefer chickens and cats tho. mexican animals like this. just wait til i photoblog them.
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