WegZeichen : japanische Kult- und Pilgerbilder : die Sammlung Wilfried Spinner (1854-1918) = Tokens of the path : Japanese devotional and pilgrimage images : the Wilfried Spinner collection (1854-1918) / Mareile Flitsch (Hg.) ; Tomoe Irene Maria Steineck, Martina Wernsdörfer, Raji C. Steineck ; [Übersetzung, Joan Clough, Kurt Rehkopf]
Title:
Tokens of the path : Japanese devotional and pilgrimage images : the Wilfried Spinner collection (1854-1918)
Immagini dell'invisibile : figure e maschere dell'Africa sub-sahariana : Donazione Aldo Perolari, Museo di Scienze Naturali-Bergamo / Leonardo Vigorelli ; testo introduttivo e schede di Leonardo Vigorelli e Grata Somaré ; con interventi di Alessandra Antinori Cardelli ... [et al.]
One copy in four volumes (872 pp.) of the typescript of Lange's dissertation "Santos: The Household Wooden Saints of Puerto Rico (1975)" by Yvonne Lange. The dissertation, written for the Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania, attempts to analyse the phenomenon of the "santos" by describing its major features and to explain its existence through the historical, socio-economic, and religious factors that influenced it. This work is illustrated with photographic prints, most of which were taken by the author, mounted on text pages. Some of the santos described and illustrated are from Smithsonian collections, including the Teodoro Vidal Collection.
Biographical/Historical note:
"Santos" is a term used in Latin America to describe the locally made wooden sculptured representations of the Roman Catholic celestial hierarchy. In the nineteenth century this form of folk art developed in the central highlands of Puerto Rico. These cheerful images were deeply revered by the peasant farmers as the embodiment of an invisible and powerful presence which brought sympathetic feeling and fellowship to the community.
Provenance:
Yvonne Lange,Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of New Mexico, gift,2/21/86
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
