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Death Cart, (sculpture). Artist:  Lopez, Nasario, sculptor. Title:  Death Cart, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1860. Medium:  Cottonwood, pine, gesso, leather, wool. Dimensions:  H. 51 in. Description:  Two wheeled cart with bench, upon which sits skeleton figure of Death with bow and arrow, ready to shoot. Subject:  Allegory -- Death Figure -- Fragment -- Skeleton Architecture -- Vehicle -- Cart Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow Object Type:  Santo Folk Sculpture Owner:  Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Taylor Museum, 30 W. Dale Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 Accession Number: TM 521 Provenance:  Gift of Taylor, Alice Bemis, Colorado Springs, Colorado Remarks:  According to New Mexico oral tradition, Nasario Lopez was first "santero" to make an image of "la muerte". During Holy Week, a cart with an image of death (often called Dona Sebastiana in New Mexico) is pulled by a member of the Penitente Brotherhood References:  Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, "A History and Selections from the Permanent Collections," 1986. Illustration:  Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, "A History and Selections from the Permanent Collections," 1986, p. 91. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 05370009   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 05370009 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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