Holy Cross by Bernadette Pino

Made by Taos Santero Bernadette Pino, a wooden cross featuring a carved sacred heart at the crux of the cross, with tender blue and green flowers lining the vertical and horizontal bars, which are tipped with graceful red curves. A prayer is written in ink on the back “La Santa Cruz, pardon from sins. Help to regain faith. For help in times of distress and with all needs. For a peaceful death.” and signed by the artist “Bernadette Pino, ‘04”, 14 x 25 x 1 ½ inches