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Listen: The World ProgramJose Orta displaying his wood carvings at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.
Image Number
FA5924
Photographer
Larsen, Eric, Collector.
Date
1986
Date Note
Photographed on March 22 or 23, 1986.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives: Traditions Festival, Folder 2 of 2, 1986 ; Box 2, FF2
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives: Traditions Festival, Folder 2 of 2, 1986 ; Box 2, FF2
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Handicraft
Craft
Decorative arts
Practices
Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Belief and custom
Secular festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Folk art
Ethnic arts
Arts, Puerto Rican
Carving (Decorative arts)
Wood-carved figurines
Folk artists
Wood-carvers
Wood-carvers--Latin America
Children--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Women--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Men--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Manners and customs
Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Artisans--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Craft
Decorative arts
Practices
Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Belief and custom
Secular festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Folk art
Ethnic arts
Arts, Puerto Rican
Carving (Decorative arts)
Wood-carved figurines
Folk artists
Wood-carvers
Wood-carvers--Latin America
Children--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Women--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Men--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Manners and customs
Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Artisans--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 slide - col - 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 displaying his wood carvings at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.
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