In Bed, with Santiago Matamoro (St. James the Moor Slayer), Antique Folk Art Retablo on Tin 1827 Based on a few others

Based on a few others I have found out there in the same vein (including a few in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum) I believe 1850-1900 fraternal

into which two dots for eyes were carved

still very vivid and just really wonderful

1 7/8" wide including pins

no way could I resist those big white painted letters against that best red

In Bed, with Santiago Matamoro (St. James the Moor Slayer), Antique Folk Art Retablo on Tin 1827 Based on a few othersAs you know by now, I've always got an eye out for old retablos, good in so many different ways, this one purchased from a seller in California and which really won me for the wonderful handling of the architecture of the space our bed ridden man inhabits; that perspectively rendered striped ceiling and bricked floor totally do it for me. And then the appearance of Santiago Matamomo (St. James the Moor Slayer), who I don't see too often! (Santiago