18th/19th C Large Carved San Roque Santos (Repaired Head) saturated color The fancy outfit and Italianate

The fancy outfit and Italianate setting make me think he may have been channeling Romeo

Maybe it is because I am posting this hand puppet as I listen to the Trump impeachment hearings

labeled with an arrow at center

Canada pottery

structurally sound and with tight fitting sliding lid that slides well and holds tightly closed

18th/19th C Large Carved San Roque Santos (Repaired Head) saturated color The fancy outfit and ItalianateThis 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