1903 Soulful Anima Sola Ex Voto Retablo colorfully painted figures The wood is 7/8" thick

The wood is 7/8" thick and the piece measures 1 7/8" across at the base

but  just great small sculptures wherever one puts them

A happy thing

The front of the postcard is signed with what looks to read R

and still threaded with some old twine

1903 Soulful Anima Sola Ex Voto Retablo colorfully painted figures The wood is 7/8" thickThe "Anima Sola" pictured on this 1903 ex voto retablo is about as existential feeling as they come while most representations of the Anima Sola show the figure (sometime male, sometime female) dramatically encircled in red flames, I find this stoic, soulful representation as poignant a depiction of being trapped literally chained in limbo as could be, and most definitely he seems to be suffering for collective sins. I've learned that praying to the