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Listen: The Blues ProgramJose Orta carving a santo - Miami, Florida.
Image Number
FA5820
Photographer
Nusz, Nancy, Collector.
Date
1985-09-12
Date Note
Photographed on September 12, 1985.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Puerto Rican Wood Carver, 1985-1986 ; Box 1, FF15
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Puerto Rican Wood Carver, 1985-1986 ; Box 1, FF15
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Religious art
Religious articles
Religious objects
Ethnicity, Puerto Rican
Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean
Craft
Decorative arts
Woodwork
Folklife and folklore projects
Projects, Instate
Handicraft
Folk art
Wood-carving
Ethnic arts
Arts, Puerto Rican
Carving (Decorative arts)
Wood-carved figurines
Folk artists
Wood-carvers
Woodworkers
Wood-carvers--Latin America
Santeros
Artisans--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
Hispanic Americans--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
Santos (Art)
Religious articles
Religious objects
Ethnicity, Puerto Rican
Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean
Craft
Decorative arts
Woodwork
Folklife and folklore projects
Projects, Instate
Handicraft
Folk art
Wood-carving
Ethnic arts
Arts, Puerto Rican
Carving (Decorative arts)
Wood-carved figurines
Folk artists
Wood-carvers
Woodworkers
Wood-carvers--Latin America
Santeros
Artisans--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
Hispanic Americans--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
Santos (Art)
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.
General Note
Orta is from a family of santeros (carvers of santos, or Catholic saints) from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Also an instrument maker, he came to the United States in 1979.
Jose Orta carving a santo - Miami, Florida.
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