Nino de Atocha Santos Doll - Glass Eyes Wool Hair Painted Details brocade satin From the city of Nice

From the city of Nice

Chenille arms display gold mercury glass ends while white gauze adds an overlay to the body and creates the wings

A fabulous Antique Victorian frame of wood with a really great polished patina and a decorative brass bamboo inner section highlights the religious content on the inside

Starting with modern day light cardstock

Nino de Atocha Santos Doll - Glass Eyes Wool Hair Painted Details brocade satin From the city of NiceThe Patron Saint of Prisoners, El Santo Nio de Atocha, is always dressed as a boy pilgrim from the 13th century. He usually wears a hat, a very ornate cloak and carries in his hands either a basket of roses or food in one and a pilgrim's staff in the other. What is unusual about the piece I offer now is that this Saint has no hands BUT this actually might be the way the doll was fashioned. When I found this stunning piece of religious folk art, I