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Santeros

Scope note

Use for makers of Christian devotional images in sculpture and painting, called "retablos" and "bultos", active in Mexico from the Spanish colonial period, and later in the Spanish-speaking United States, to the present day.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000258968

Broader Terms used

folk artists

Equivalent Terms used

santero
santero's
santeros'

Created

13yrs ago

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