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Listen: The Folk ProgramSantos carved by Jose Orta on display at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.
Image Number
FA5936
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
Decorative arts
Practices
Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Belief and custom
Secular festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Craft
Religious objects
Religious articles
Religious art
Handicraft
Wood-carving
Ethnic arts
Art, Puerto Rican
Wood-carved figurines
Santos (Art)
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Manners and customs
Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Carving (Decorative arts)
Practices
Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Belief and custom
Secular festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Craft
Religious objects
Religious articles
Religious art
Handicraft
Wood-carving
Ethnic arts
Art, Puerto Rican
Wood-carved figurines
Santos (Art)
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Manners and customs
Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Carving (Decorative arts)
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Orta, Jose.
Additional Creator
Orta, Jose.
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.
Santos carved by Jose Orta on display at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.
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