We have pieces of a communion set carried across the fields of Normandy following the D-Day landings in the summer of 1944. The set includes sacramental cups for wine and trays for the bread. 1880s Kiowa Tribe cross. Crucifix given by Father Pierre-Jean De Smet to Henry Little John, son of the Sioux chief Sitting…
Category: Latin America
Archangel St. Michael
This wooden church-sculpture of the Archangel St. Michael Standing on a Globe is from the Andes and dates from the 1870s. In Hebrew, Michael means “who is like God.” Mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel, Archangel Michael was considered the advocate of the Jews, coming to occupy a place in the Jewish liturgy….
The Box
18th and 19th-century Andean churches. The Pamplin Collection has recently added a number of sacramental pieces from South America, including these shown here. The “box” is gesso-on-wood carved altar pieces, often found in many 18th and 19th-century Andean churches.
A Collection of brightly colored wood-carved Sculptures
Approximately four feet in height from Peru. These saintly altar pieces have maintained their luster, even at over 150 years of age.