bultos
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: In Latin American cultures, distinctive three-dimensional saintly or spirit figures. For example, in Andean cultures, bultos represent mummified ancestors. In Mexico and the Spanish-speaking United States from Spanish colonial times to the present, bultos are wooden Christian santos.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Religious Folk Art of the Southwest, November 1, 1945-January 6, 1946
Sub-Series
Abstract
An exhibition of religious artworks by Spanish colonist artists of the Southwestern United States, arranged by the Taylor Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The exhibition records span five folders plus object and installation photographs as well as coverage in a CPLH bulletin.
Dates:
November 1, 1945-January 6, 1946
Religious Folk Art of the Southwest: Photographs of Santos and Bultos, January [8]-31, 1945
Sub-Series
Abstract
An exhibition of 100 photographs of Santos and Bultos sculptures by artists in New Mexico from the collection of the Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. The exhibition records span five folders.
Dates:
January [8]-31, 1945