All the saints
Arguments pro/con catholicism's spread: for another post (blog).
Lovely vestiges the religion did leave, in churches and homes from the Philippines to southern India to Mexico, were santos (saints).
As dusty cloaked groupings in shop nethers, popping up on Craigslist in collections of 150+ belonging to an ancient santos-amasser - santos are tricky to shake out, oddly categorized, misspelled, often mislabeled and, ultimately, religious.
Buddhas are an easier search.
The most detailed and vivid, and with ivory, come from the Phillipines. Santos plainer in carving but more gruesome in detail come from Central and South America.
I don't own the ones pictured, nor the crown and halo (they were dressed for holidays), but love the faces and figures.
Lovely vestiges the religion did leave, in churches and homes from the Philippines to southern India to Mexico, were santos (saints).
As dusty cloaked groupings in shop nethers, popping up on Craigslist in collections of 150+ belonging to an ancient santos-amasser - santos are tricky to shake out, oddly categorized, misspelled, often mislabeled and, ultimately, religious.
Buddhas are an easier search.
The most detailed and vivid, and with ivory, come from the Phillipines. Santos plainer in carving but more gruesome in detail come from Central and South America.
I don't own the ones pictured, nor the crown and halo (they were dressed for holidays), but love the faces and figures.
Lesson is over.
(Back to work on CircaTrade.com.)
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