18th/19th C Large Carved San Roque Santos (Repaired Head) painting of leopard Dimensions: 7 1/2" t x

Dimensions: 7 1/2" t x 7" w x 8 1/4" l

with the note: "How do you like my handmade postcard

where I think it had just been delivered

and equally great on the reverse side

There in one small surface chip on one of the handles mid-way down

18th/19th C Large Carved San Roque Santos (Repaired Head) painting of leopard Dimensions: 7 1/2" t xThis carved santos is old I'm not an expert but might guess 18th rather than 19th and though he lost his head once along the way, his expressively carved hands are, rather miraculously, in pretty much perfect shape, one of them raised, the other at his knee with index finger pointing south. I am pretty certain he is meant to represent San Roque Saint Roch (patron saint of the sick, the wrongly accused, and dogs), who recovered from the plague, and is