Puerto Rican Santos De Palo/Wood Carved Sculptures of The Three Wise Men Afoot

A renowned tradition in Puerto Rico is the making of the Santos de Palo by Masters Carvers since 19th century. They hand carved and painted the saints inspired by their personal reli...

A renown tradition in Puerto Rico is the making of Santos de Palos by Masters Carvers since the 19th century. They hand carved and hand painted the saints inspired in their personal ...

This is an unknown Santos de Palos. It depicts a polychromed hand carved wood sculpture of a man wearing a long robe and black boots. He has long hair, moustache and a beard. He is a...

A renowned tradition in Puerto Rico is the making of the Santos de Palo by Masters Carvers since the 19th century. They hand carved and hand painted the saints inspired in their pers...

An early polychrome religious santos carving, circa 1800s. The piece is hand carved in a soft wood with original paint and polychrome finish on a wood...

Hand-carved in oak, circa 1800, these sculptures depict arguably the most important apostles: James, John, Peter, and Paul. All of the figures are distinctly different, although they share some commonalities, such as they are all barefoot and clad in ankle length tunics on a rectangular base with canted corners. The set would make fantastic decorative art for a mantel, shelf, or sofa table. The apostles as they appear in the main photo (from left to right): St. James (20 ¼” H x 7 ½” W x 5 ½” D): sometimes referred to as “James the Great”, he is depicted with long hair and a full beard above a cloak pinned...

Antique Spanish Colonial Poly chrome Folk Art Santos figure probably Philippines The finely sculptured large hard wood figure standing on a pedestal base, painted in polychrome col...

Beautifully carved religious figure, of solid wood painted in colors of red, brown and green. Figure is bearded and holding a book in left hand and a large feather in right hand, res...