Bell wall.
Detail of the capilla mortuoria at Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tohono O’odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation, Tucson, Arizona.
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Statuary at Mission San Xavier del Bac.
Details of carved, gessoed, and gilded figures at the Mission, on the Tohono O’odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.
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Black-spined prickly pear (Opuntia macrocentra). At the Mission San Xavier del Bac, on the Tohono O’odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.
The bell gable of the mortuary chapel at
Mission San Xavier del Bac. On the Tohono O’odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.
Altar at Mission San Xavier del Bac. The decoration is a combination of molded stucco and gessoed and gilded carved figures. The mission’s beautiful retablo facade barely prepares one for the visual complexity and extravagant colors of the altarpiece.
On the Tohono O’odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.
La Divina Pastora.
Fresco at the Mission San Xavier del Bac. For years, this figure was widely assumed to be Christ the Good Shepherd (el Buen Pastor), then promptly reconsidered after cleaning, stabilization, and restoration in the 1990s.
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Plaster saints and angels.
Fresco interior decorations at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, on the Tohono O’odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.
It was that kind of sky. It was that kind of day.
Mission San Xavier del Bac, on the Tohono O’odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.
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